An advertisement for the 1994 World Cup, fast food wrappers, COVID-19 masks—what birds used to build their nests reflects a world with more plastic. A coot bird in London on a nest made of twigs ...

Consumer Editors Roundtable moved to Scotland this year, where top U.S. editors were joined by U.K. colleagues for a deep ...

We started a fire and sat in a circle roasting hot ... A version of this story appears in the May 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine. Based in Syracuse, New York, National Geographic ...

intramural clinical director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. “If the brain isn’t functioning properly, people call it brain fog.” Yet experts distinguish ...

A new report from the American Lung Association notes a drastic decline in air quality and raises health alarms. Climate ...

A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be protective against developing dementia. While there is currently no ...

Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, a new National Geographic documentary streaming on Disney+, tells the story of the effort. It is the largest underwater 3D scan ever made, amounting to 16 ...

Her work has previously appeared in National Geographic, SELF and HuffPost ... it suddenly went up in flames. When the fire died down, the bodies of 76 Branch Davidians were found, including ...

“We did not learn enough from the ‘phosphine on Venus’ drama,” she says. National Geographic got in touch with ten independent experts to find out what to make of this biosignature claim ...

A windswept wildfire east of Elk Island National Park, behind the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, triggered evacuations Friday night, shutting down Highway 16 at the park, say RCMP.

In Ocala National Forest, Florida, a cicada slowly unfurls its wings and expands its body after emerging from its exoskeleton. Photograph By Nicholas Conzone All periodical cicadas in a given year ...

Sea moss is rich in nutrients—but it can also contain dangerous levels of heavy metals and iodine. Here’s what to know before you take it. A mix of kelp, Irish moss, and sea lettuce harvested ...