The first clue did not look like treasure. In April 2008, inside Namibia’s tightly controlled U-60 diamond mining area, a ...

A National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions survey highlights an increasing trend of women embracing adventure travel driven ...

Researchers revisited the 1970s discovery of ancient stone tools at Monte Verde—an iconic site in Chile that transformed our understanding of how and when humans arrived in the Americas.

National Geographic stories take you on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising and unfailingly fascinating. This month–the mystery of a Byzantine shipwreck..

Japan is combining education, culture and technology to encourage reciprocal relationships between coastal communities and ...

Could Spinosaurus swim? A new fossil with a scimitar-like head crest provides new evidence on the unsettled question. Unearthed in a rare Saharan fossil site in Niger, Spinosaurus mirabilis had a ...

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today. The ruins of the ...

Q: I recently rented a Hyundai Sonata from National at Raleigh-Durham Airport. Within minutes of driving off the lot, I started hearing noises from under the car. I drove a couple of exits, then ...

There’s good reason why Rwanda goes by the poetic nickname ‘The Land of a Thousand Hills’. This tropical country might be tiny — just a 10th of the size of the UK — but it’s blessed with a rampant ...

Beyond Japan’s popular Golden Route, relaxing hot springs, snow-capped peaks, and rare wildlife await visitors looking for a slower pace. Travelers can enjoy the national parks in Japan’s Hokkaido ...

A decades-long quest reveals the remarkable truth about how these giant creatures have remained so elusive. The ghost elephants that live in the highlands of Angola behave like almost no others on ...