A new project in the Chugach and Tongass National Forests will make overnights in Alaska’s wilderness less intimidating for ...

Just as it turned 100 in 2016, America’s National Park Service (NPS) began to officially recognize the contributions that ...

Cartagena — a lively city on Colombia’s northern Caribbean coast — has always moved to the rhythm of its own drum. It’s where ...

North America’s Native nations reassert their sovereignty: ‘We are here’ Across the continent, Indigenous peoples are methodically reasserting control over their land, laws, and how they live.

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes ...

You just need a sense of adventure, a little training, and a plane ticket to Quito, Ecuador, to tick off the Trek of the Condor, a five-day route between the Ecuadorian town of Papallacta and ...

How Latinos Are Shaping America’s Future They’re the focus of the immigration debate. But across the nation, Latinos are rising to power and offering a glimpse of what’s ahead.

There, the accumulated sediments of the Mississippi’s vast watershed spill out across the delta, forming 6,000 square miles of wetlands and marshes—the Amazon of North America.

From the culinary specialties of Tasmania to the plethora of wildlife in the Seychelles, islands far and wide are home to a world of adventure — and all are best explored on a cruise.

On a long trip away from home, some of the most memorable moments come from the hospitality of strangers. National Geographic ...

Tara Roberts - a diver, storyteller, and NatGeo Explorer - is working to bring these long-lost stories back to the surface.

A constant fixture of National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek’s journey through rural Japan was the whirligig, or as he ...