With the help of the National Geographic Society ... A 96-year-old sabanero, or Costa Rican cowboy, on horseback in the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photograph by GIANLUCA COLLA, Nat Geo Image ...

"The discovery of the Clotilda sheds new light on a lost chapter of American history," says Fredrik Hiebert, archaeologist-in-residence at the National Geographic ... to map the contours of ...

David Scheurer is a scientist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who studies dead zones. He notes that it's difficult to attribute a larger dead zone to just one practice ...

"Running can seem intimidating because it sometimes seems like people need all the latest watches or gear or tools or shoes to participate, but people can simply start with a road or trail near ...

(Trading Chinese silk for Persian horses helped create the Silk Road.) When the warrior statues were first produced, they were painted in rich, bright colors. The first emperor regarded himself as ...

Her road to the throne was a twisted one ... Photograph by British Combine Photos Ltd, , National Geographic Image Collection The teenage princess took part in the war effort in another way ...

Greeks don’t hike. You’ll hear this everywhere you go in Greece — usually from the locals themselves. They can’t see the point, apparently; uses up too much beach time. If that’s the ...

A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney. A colorized computed tomography (CT) scan of the brain revealing blood ...

It is Mississippi. Editor's Note: Bijal P. Trivedi is a senior science editor at National Geographic and author of Breath from Salt: A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the ...

A radical idea to support the recovery of damaged ecosystems has been gathering steam: resurrect species that have gone extinct and reintroduce them to the wild. Proponents of “de-extinction ...

COVID-19 is a reminder of their destructive power, but they’re crucial to humans’ development and survival. Although feared as agents of disease, viruses also work wonders, shaping evolution ...