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More than a thousand years after a ship vanished off the coast of modern-day Croatia, archaeologists have uncovered a wreck that might reshape our ideas of the medieval world.

Although it now serves as a reef for marine life, researchers have always had trouble visiting the wreck to assess the environment and the ironclad itself. The majority of the Monitor rests about 240 ...

Rising seas are reshaping the world’s lowest-lying islands, but responsible travel can be part of the solution. so how can we visit without increasing their vulnerability?

A RENEWED deep-sea hunt for missing flight MH370 has failed to find any trace of the doomed jet 12 years after it vanished. Search teams spent nearly a month combing thousands of square miles of ...

National Geographic explorer Tara Roberts tells how diving to surface the stories of sunken slave shipwrecks has changed her life.

Conservationist and ornithologist Steve Boyes has been searching for this elusive herd for years, and the story of his ...

Divers exploring the North Sea have uncovered evidence of a prehistoric settlement in Doggerland, a landmass that once connected Britain to mainland Europe. These findings offer a rare glimpse into ...

In 1986, Kihachiro Aratake was diving off the coast of Yonaguni when he spotted a giant structure 25 meters below the surface ...

Here’s what’s planned for this month at the museum. Amy Kehs MALL ENTRANCE CLOSURE: Note: The museum’s Mall Entrance at Madison Drive, between 12th and 14th Streets, will remain closed due to building ...

The lawsuit cites a March 2025 executive order that conservation groups believe is aimed at removing "history or scientific facts that this administration disfavors" J. David Ake/Getty A group of ...

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 ...