National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has traveled plenty of miles on foot since 2012 when he began his long walking journey across the globe. But he’s also crossed a number of sea crossings, as ...

Ingrida Domarkienė, a geneticist at Vilnius University in Lithuania, discusses the exciting developments made possible by ...

The Sea Peoples are one of history’s greatest mysteries. Were they marauders, refugees, or both? Dive into their attacks on ...

The resuspension of seafloor sediments—triggered by human activities such as bottom trawling as well as natural processes ...

Tim Marshall analyses the limits of Vladimir Putin's global ambitions from an extract of Prisoners of Geography ...

A landmass encircled by water on all sides is called an island, and with a variety of forms and habitats, they can be found ...

The incident marked at least the third time in a week that Russian aircraft had been intercepted in the region.

Parts of Alaska are warming up to four times faster than most of the rest of the world. That's forcing tough choices for ...

Rising temperatures could tip the scale in an underground battle that has raged for millennia. In the soils of Earth's ...

The Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar have long served as rich fishing grounds, providing bountiful harvests to Sri Lanka’s ...

A fish walks into a pharmacy ... well, not exactly. Fish aren't being prescribed anti-anxiety drugs. But they are ...

The barrier islands off the coast of Georgia are littered with millions of oysters left behind by Indigenous peoples. New ...