Ira Block/National Geographic Image Collection From the flat top of the colossal Monks Mound—with a footprint of 14 acres, the mound is larger at its base than the Great Pyramid of Khufu—the ...

“We’re trying to preserve it how he would have.” This story appears in the February 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

“You’ve got to think big.” (see a video on APR by the National Geographic Society.) In the 19 years since, the group has raised $160 million in private donations, much of it from high-tech ...

What would these beaver photographs look like? And after all this work, what will readers in National Geographic magazine actually see? You know, Ronan will set this up. How many images do you ...

Learn more about the Society's support of Explorers. This story appears in the July 2022 issue of National Geographic magazine.

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 ...

So is an army of snowboarders and skiers, all hoping that next winter they’ll get in a few more runs. A version of this story appears in the April 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

Tight hip flexors, especially a deep muscle called the psoas, can silently stress your spine. Here's why this muscle deserves more attention—and how to strengthen it. Lower back pain is often ...

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 ...

Here are a few places to catch a glimpse. Zoom in to see Cairngorms National Park. No one in Scotland can quite agree when the rewilding movement officially began, but one popular perspective sets ...

In a sense, we too are the sun’s small bodies: endlessly diverse and beautiful, bearing the secrets of life itself. This story appears in the September 2021 issue of National Geographic magazine.

From the world’s largest archaeological space dedicated to a single civilisation to a fascinating deep dive into regional BBQ ...