Antelope Canyon is stunning, but there's another canyon nearby that offers unforgettable sights on small tours that give you ...

In this month’s Canyon Commentary, author Scott Thybony ponders the ancient story of a Hopi boy who embarks on an epic ...

This article was created in partnership with the National Geographic Society. Oriente Region, Ecuador — Pushed forward by a chugging long-tail motor, an old dugout canoe carries us down the ...

In 2014, a Malaysian Airlines flight mysteriously disappeared. A barnacle-encrusted piece of the plane's wing is one of the most important clues that has been found. New science may be able to ...

Trees began to quake, monkeys shrieked, and birds fled skyward. Deep in the heart of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Selah Abong’o froze, convinced she was about to encounter something out of ...

The Washburns received National Geographic's Alexander Graham Bell Medal in 1980 for their work mapping the Grand Canyon. In 1988, the couple were among 15 explorers—including Edmund Hillary ...

Scouting locations took the team throughout the western U.S. and finally back to northern New Mexico, where the Army’s real top-secret Manhattan Project was located at Los Alamos National ...

The incident would be added to the list of sightings under investigation. In June, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) released its “preliminary assessment” of UFO ...

In Ocala National Forest, Florida, a cicada slowly unfurls its wings and expands its body after emerging from its exoskeleton. Photograph By Nicholas Conzone All periodical cicadas in a given year ...

Clinical trials are underway that demand us to rethink menopause—and whether or not women actually need to go through it. More than a million women experience menopause each year and new medical ...

On the night of Thursday, May 15, 1969, the newly formed board of trustees for the Santa Clarita Valley Junior College District selected a name for the still-unbuilt college campus.

Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, Sunday March 3 at 9/8c on National Geographic. This story was originally published on June 4, 2017. It was updated with additional photos on October 3, 2018.