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This is the source of the Amazon River, so named for the National Geographic photographer, writer, and prolific explorer who made the discovery. “Amazing is the word heard most often at National ...

National Geographic spoke with Thunberg via Zoom about how her activism has changed over the past year, and how her message might survive an increasingly complex world. (This interview has been ...

"Underdogs" brilliantly merges advanced filmmaking technology with captivating storytelling that focuses on nature’s smallest ...

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 ...

“By the time I click the shutter, the hardest part of the work has been done.” From documenting the terror of war to British hospitals in the grip of COVID-19, an ...

Stacks of past issues of National Geographic magazines against a white background. In Conkin’s novel Community Board, the lead character retreats from an imploded marriage to her parents' empty ...

Published in the May 2025 issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK). To subscribe to National Geographic Traveller (UK) magazine click here. (Available in select countries only).

Two-thirds of the way through the year, 2023 seems destined to be remembered as the year that extreme weather events left the Northern Hemisphere reeling. According to the European Union’s ...

For the past 20 years writing for National Geographic, I’ve identified and studied the world’s longest-lived areas, which I call blue zones. These places—Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia ...

Beneath sea urchins’ exterior spines, rounded skeletons called tests are jewels of color, texture, and symmetry. There are hundreds of urchin species, and they’re found in every ocean on ...

Scientists suspect many species are in decline—but there are still unanswered questions and a lot of hope. Here's when and where you can still spot them. Experts say a "concerning" number of ...