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

A pair of Alaskans had their work selected to represent the state at the 2025 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Michael Engelhard's "Arctic Traverse, A Thousand-Mile Summer of Trekking the ...

With popular national parks still searching for the answers to congestion, train travel is a practical solution—and a unique ...

I’ve rounded up ultra-remote places to stay around the world where you can feel the same pull of the wild. Whether these adventures inspire introspection or not, their wow factor is undeniable, from a ...

A little bit over a four-hour drive from Seattle beyond the Cascades along Interstate 90, the refuge has become a perfect ...

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

For more than 30 years, the Pacific Rim Whale Festival has celebrated the arrival of migrating grey whales to Canada’s wild west coast — the perfect introduction to a land rich in coastal traditions ...

America never sits still and its sheer diversity means there’s always something new to discover. From Jazz Age New York on the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby to road-tripping the ...

National Geographic celebrates Earth Month with some flightless, feathered friends in "Secrets of the Penguins," streaming Monday on Disney+ and Hulu.

With summer being the busiest season for most U.S. national parks, the potential for run-ins with wildlife increases—and so do visits to the emergency room. Though most people imagine bears or ...

This is how National Geographic Explorer in Residence Enric Sala is protecting the ocean. Enric Sala is a former university professor who saw himself writing the obituary of ocean life, and quit ...

It’s just an incredible experience to see a bison in the wild,” says Todd Walton of Yellowstone National Park Lodges, which offers a Wake Up to Wildlife guided tour from mid-May to early October.