On Tetepare, the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific, researchers caught a slender, unknown fish while surveying the Hokata River. Accompanying the team were descendants of the ...

This year’s top islands, as voted in our “World’s Best Awards” survey for 2025, span 18 countries, from the Mediterranean to the South Pacific.

The best islands in the Caribbean, Bermuda, and the Bahamas in our annual "World’s Best Awards" survey for 2025 are proof of how much cultural diversity you’ll find in the region.

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara desert in Niger, including this long-necked herbivore ...