Palaeontologist Sarah Gabbott explains what’s so unusual about her discovery, which she named as part of the process of ...

A sea kayaking journey through the Johnstone Strait offers eye-to-eye encounters with orcas, humpbacks and sea lions.

Whether it’s an emperor penguin launching from the sea, a playful Adélie penguin or a colony of king penguins, these globe-spanning seabirds inspire awe and conservation.

Hidden beneath the waters surrounding Japan’s Yonaguni island are the towering ruins of a 10,000-year-old city built by a ...

Nestled in the eastern Pacific Ocean some 1,000km off the coast of Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands are as otherworldly and ...

LEAP OF FAITHHundreds of emperor juveniles survived jumping into the sea from a 50-foot ice shelf ... PHOTOGRAPH BY Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Image Collection By mid-December, as the ...

Sea turtles are fascinating creatures of the ocean. They’re very famous for their mass egg hatchings on beaches, so it’s easy ...

Researchers say Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years. Ronan burst to fame about a decade ago after ...

For example, to feed its young, it scavenges small pathogen-laden dead animals like mice ... this story appears in the May 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine. The nonprofit National ...

Both animals occupy fissures in the coastline ... of Washington’s Center for Ecosystem Sentinels and a National Geographic Explorer. “They’re comical, they’re curious, they’re endearing.” ...

Tulane University archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer Francisco Estrada-Belli, who was also not involved in the new study, says some scholars have proposed Tikal was ruled after this by ...