It smells of manure and is stained by tobacco juice. It's where tough men dance to keep loose and a few men say their last ...

The legendary pair share their thoughts on the craft of photography, what goes into a great shot, and what they hope for the ...

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes can be their biggest advantages. Found across every continent except ...

Through her groundbreaking work with chimps in Africa, Goodall helped people understand that animals are sentient and intelligent. Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall’s decades of research into the ...

This story originally published in the July 1906 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. Looking back to that period, many years ago, when the finger ...

Dr. Jane Goodall talks about how nature tourism can be done well and how she's inspired by younger nature enthusiasts.

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 ...

If you decide to have shark for dinner in the U.S., you might unknowingly consume an endangered species. A newly published study shows that the meat of endangered sharks is often mislabeled in grocery ...

“The bears are extremely fat this year, and I’m looking forward to seeing how people react to how fat they are,” says the former ranger who helped invent the popular contest. The Fat Bear Week ...

When did these blockhead dinosaurs get their domes? A new fossil is “the specimen we have all been waiting for.” In this artist's reconstruction, two pachycephalosaurs from the new species Zavacephale ...

I’m face to face with a black jaguar. With the unhurried, nonchalant gait of a predator at the top of its food chain, the feline ambles closer to our quad bike, which we parked at a distance along a ...

Though I've been on many types of cruises, my first expedition cruise with National Geographic was different from other trips ...