Long before we teach our children the word “wildlife,” they know the Hadeda. It’s not something we plan—it just happens. That ...

Our human evolution workshops were conducted with well-resourced and historically disadvantaged schools attending. The grade ...

In 2019, at age nine, ShubVardaan Rastogi was one of two kids chosen to be “mayor for a day.” During his brief tenure, he called for a playground that would encourage adults to play more.

Bangkok-based author Brook Larmer has written feature stories for National Geographic magazine since 2006. Hong Kong-born photographer Justin Jin has been an Explorer since 2024.

For years, critics of South Africa’s captive lion industry have insisted the animals are inbred. New research indicates things are more complicated—though the animals studied aren't inbred ...

1954 Full Color Astronomer E.C. Slipher took this image from South Africa; he published his Photographic Story of Mars (1905- 1961) in 1962.

South Africa declared a national disaster on Thursday following severe weather in several parts of the country last week. While the snow, heavy rains, and high winds have impacted several ...

Astronomers studied 10,000 stars in Hubble pictures to make this composite image and to learn about the evolution of the Milky Way galaxy. Light from our own galaxy is the most recently produced ...

South Africa was under a declared state of national disaster on Thursday as the death toll from floods caused by severe rains in the Eastern Cape region rose to 92.

South Africa was under a declared state of national disaster on Thursday as the death toll from floods caused by severe rains in the Eastern Cape region rose to 92. The Eastern Cape government ...

South Africa was under a declared state of national disaster on Thursday as the death toll from floods caused by severe rains in the Eastern Cape region rose to 92. The Eastern Cape government ...