The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to discover 20 billion new galaxies over the next decade. A total view of the Virgo ...

On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor. Maps, both historic and newly created by National Geographic, yield new insights into the full scope of Japan's battle plans for the day ...

The closure accompanies an increase in fire restrictions on most lands in Coconino County -- which began the same day.

Most of us grew up looking at world maps that dramatically distorted the actual size of countries, and we had no idea. In this eye-opening video, we reveal the truth about how big (or small) countries ...

Cuts made by the Trump administration are threatening the function of a tiny but crucial office within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that maintains the US’s framework of ...

The digital and freely accessible historical geography application PERIPLUS, which has been operating since May 2024 in the cyberspace of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), has ...

See 150 years of Yellowstone in these iconic Nat Geo images. The first national park in the United States marks a milestone. Here is Yellowstone through the eyes of our photographers.

6 of the world's most remote destinations to test your inner adventurer. Travellers are venturing further than ever before, seeking the path less trodden to test their mettle and totally ...

Map via Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division It was here in 1814, during the War of 1812, that General Andrew Jackson came to national prominence by defeating the Muscogee Indians .

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

A new tool projecting global water scenarios through 2100. Today, the National Geographic Society, through its World Freshwater Initiative, launched World Water Map: Insights in collaboration with ...