A new study shows that, not only did the agency’s 2022 DART mission shift the orbit of the moonlet Dimorphos, it also changed the path of its parent asteroid around the sun. In 2022, NASA crashed the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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National Geographic photographer Joshua Cogan returns to eastern Nevada to document the art, culture, and creative traditions shaped by the region’s high-desert landscape. At Spanish Ranch in ...

Seaweed bathing in Ireland, a trek through Africa’s first designated wilderness quiet park—we asked National Geographic staff and contributors for their favorite places to escape the stress and noise ...

Winding through wild national parks, hillside vineyards and whimsical towns, a campervan trip through the Western US promises to be unforgettable. Explore ancient red rock, jagged peaks and wide-open ...

Research shows that delaying important tasks is often driven by how the brain processes stress and threat—not by poor time management or lack of discipline. Behaviors like procrastination and ...

For some U.S. residents, it can take a day or two to reach the nearest national park. And when you finally arrive—especially during the busy summer months and shoulder seasons—the parks are often too ...

The 67,800-year-old hand stencil looks like a claw—and provides new clues about early human cognition and the migration to Australia. Shinatria Adhityatama examines cave art in one of the caves of ...