This month’s National Geographic cover is a time-lapse image by Stephen Wilkes that captures America’s beauty in one of the most hard-to-reach places.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) YUYAN: My photograph is the cover of National Geographic's Pictures of the Year. But unfortunately, it's also the last issue of the magazine to ever be on newsstands.

This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Lots of people are ... first transgender person to appear on the cover of National Geographic. Since we shared photos ...

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... In February 1982 the magazine’s cover showed a camel train in front of the Pyramids at Giza. The image produced ...

Sporting a color palette straight out of the '70s, this August 1978 cover features a bulky T. rex, bigger and stronger than previous iterations. Throughout the years, National Geographic has ...

This story appeared in the April 2002 issue of National Geographic magazine ... and in June 1985 it ran on the cover of this magazine. Her eyes are sea green. They are haunted and haunting ...

A big home. Sharbat Gula, who became an instant icon when she peered out from the June 1985 cover of National Geographic magazine as a 12-year-old-refugee, is now the owner of a 3,000-square-foot ...

The magazine still has writers and editors on its staff, but the company would not say whether they are employed full-time or on a contractual basis. Covers of the National Geographic Magazine ...

The familiar yellow-bordered cover of the monthly National Geographic will no longer be for sale on newsstands starting next year, part of cutbacks affecting the venerable magazine. The company ...