A frequent contributor to National Geographic in print and online, Elizabeth Royte covers consumption and waste, food, and agriculture. She’s the author of three books.

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

Charlie made a papier-mâché sage grouse—think kind of like a piñata—to cover everything up ... what will readers in National Geographic magazine actually see? You know, Ronan will ...

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

We wandered slowly, without hurry, in Calanques National Park, where Jacques Cousteau ... aka the mauve stinger. Stinging cells cover its tentacles and entire body. But the sting of a black ...