In an attempt to eliminate other factors in this study, Geldsetzer and his collaborators took advantage of the fact that in Wales, people who were born before September 2, 1933 were never eligible ...

Pablo “Popi” García Borboroglu and Bertie Gregory have been named the 2025 Rolex National Geographic Explorers ... really think it’s going to blow people’s minds,” he says.

Once reviled, the Greater Adjutant stork was nearly extinct, but the conservation efforts of Dr. Purnima Devi Barman and her 'Hargila Army' has turned the bird's fate around. Greater Adjutant ...

Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, a new National Geographic documentary streaming ... the site was both a restaurant and a workshop where people manufactured reed baskets and mats—details ...

In Ocala National Forest, Florida, a cicada slowly unfurls its wings and expands its body after emerging from its exoskeleton. Photograph By Nicholas Conzone All periodical cicadas in a given year ...

U.S. passport holders can travel to more than 100 destinations without a tourist visa, but some popular vacation spots require them. We explain the different types of visas and how to apply ...

However, according to experts, most people in the U.S. don’t need more iodine as they are already getting enough through their diet. Iodine is added to iodized salt and enriched bread and occurs ...

Travel can be rewarding, but it can also be expensive. The cost can ramp up when you factor in gear and supplies you may need for specialized excursions, like trekking or kayaking. If you do have ...

Join us in the celebration with a chance to win a National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions cruise to Antarctica for two! Ever dreamt of gliding on a Zodiac around enormous icebergs of the ...

This story appears in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... years to come this historic map may give voice to those people who were silenced, seemingly forever, when the ...

The city, which replaced coastal Karachi as the national capital in 1967, is now home to more than 1.2 million people. It feels ordered on the one hand, with fig tree-lined avenues and blank-faced ...

Satellite imagery of visible light for a nighttime scene near Java, Indonesia collected by the National Oceanic and ... account for the eerily flat seas. People without scientific training ...