Why do we care about places we may never visit? Why do stories about wildlife, people and cultures stay with us long after we ...

At 102 years old, Howard Tucker is the world’s oldest practicing doctor—and he’s eagerly looking for new work since the hospital where he taught medical residents closed in 2022. “Right now, I’m out ...

Why do we care about places we may never visit? Why do stories about wildlife, people and cultures stay with us long after we’ve seen them? Because the most powerful stories don’t just show us the ...

Indian-American filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir has earned two Oscar nominations for her powerful documentaries, "The Perfect ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

Train services are seeing a renaissance the world over, with fresh routes, new luxury lines and tour operators increasingly focusing on rail journeys. Here’s the latest for travellers looking to ride ...

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem. Long absent from Argentinian Patagonia due to over-hunting, pumas have returned ...

From the scale of danger posed by wind turbines to the actual price of installing home solar panels, here are the facts you should know. Solar panels catch sunlight at an electric plant in southern ...

Walking more is associated with reduced risk for dementia, diabetes, heart disease, and more—but a new study says you can get fewer than 10,000 steps a day and still see all those benefits. An ...

Selecting the best travel images from a year’s worth of fantastic photography is quite a challenge when the photographers have travelled to all corners of the world to document features for National ...

In northwest India, a field full of marble debris has an otherworldly allure. An engagement shoot takes place at a marble dumping yard in Rajasthan, India. Marble slurry, dried in the sun, looks like ...

Scientists are discovering that the oral microbiome—home to hundreds of species of bacteria and fungi—may help predict everything from cancer risk to heart and brain health. A dentist reviews a dental ...