People have lived in dread of monsters since time immemorial. Who wouldn’t be terrified of flesh-eating beasts? Or bloodsucking night stalkers? Or zombies reanimated from the grave? This is the ...

As spring begins, so does a fresh song at daybreak, unique to the season. Just before the sun rises, birds start singing their melodies, creating a chirpy symphony. “It's the epitome of spring ...

The mask can be seen today at the National Museum, Quito ... Pacific dreamThis section of Diego Gutiérrez’s map of America was published in 1562. It represents the area visited by Spaniards ...

The bounty of the Gulf of Maine. The sea within a sea, as it’s often called, is a body of water that extends 36,000 square miles along the eastern seaboard of North America, from Cape Cod ...

Photographer and Costa ambassador Andy Mann ventures to a Chilean archipelago that draws comparisons to the Galápagos.

a physical therapist and body performance consultant at the National Biomechanics Institute in Los Angeles. High on the list of physical benefits associated with hiking is better cardiovascular ...

From King Tut’s tomb to the Dead Sea Scrolls, there’s seemingly nothing archaeologists can’t unearth. So why haven’t they found Atlantis yet? It’s a question regularly fielded by real ...

loyalty, and fascination that Anne Boleyn has engendered for the past 500 years. A version of this story appears in the March 2024 issue of National Geographic magazine.

Standardized tests. Interviews. Extracurricular activities. In the early 20th century, universities used these tactics to ensure their students were predominantly Protestant. Yale University ...

Billionaire Elon Musk credited it for his dramatic weight loss. Celebrity sites allege that many more A-listers are using it to stay trim. And TikTok is full of influencers showing off their ...

Washington, D.C., is having a moment. In 2024, the nation’s capital welcomed a record 27 million visitors, according to ...

A slew of studies demonstrate the perils of clutter, and how organizing your environment can boost your mood and productivity and reduce stress and anxiety. So why is it so hard? "You'll feel less ...