Larry Taylor (USA) shows an ermine clambering between rocks, with its white fur framed by the black crevice. Larry saw a flash of white against a canyon in Yellowstone National Park. It was an ermine ...

Rock climbing has never been more popular than it is today, but did you know that only about 48% of people make the transition from an indoor gym to an outdoor climb? One thing I love about the ...

This story appears in the February 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Carry a lawn chair and a sunshade—plenty of water too—onto the sage flats just south of Arizona's Highway 89A ...