When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

National Geographic Wild’s gill-ty pleasure, SharkFest, returns for its wildest season yet this July! With over 25 hours of ...

Events in the Middle East, like tremors along a fault line, often send shockwaves far beyond the region’s jagged frontiers.

Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and has been a longtime diplomat in ...

Welcome to Nat Geo Your Shot: National Geographic’s global community for aspiring visual storytellers. Find the community on Instagram @NatGeoYourShot and follow along for hashtag challenges ...

How to Survive shares five survival tactics learned from a real tiger attack, including defensive moves and mindset to stay alive. They explain how to react when confronted by one of nature’s most ...

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

Every spring, the twinkling lights from thousands of fireflies illuminate the forests of Elkmont, Tennessee, located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Together, the fireflies glow in a ...

How junk food outsmarts our brains—by hiding in our memories. New research reveals that memories of fatty and sugary foods are encoded in the hippocampus, helping explain why some cravings feel ...

Midseason is the new fall. As Hollywood and the broader industry continue to recover from the debilitating dual actors and ...

The best wildflower hiking trails in the U.S. Spring is in bloom. Here are our favorite places to frolic through fields of flowers, from the Pacific Northwest to the Appalachian Mountains.