National Geographic has narrowed down more than a million photos to just 25, naming them the pictures of the year. Here's a ...

Scores of baby penguins bravely dive off a massive 50-foot cliff for their first ever swim in the Antarctic below, new footage shows.

When Santa is done delivering presents on Christmas Eve, he must get back home to the North Pole, even if it’s snowing so ...

While circling in its egg-shaped orbit, the Moon appears to change shape, size, and even color, depending on its position relative to the Sun and Earth. Some days, it appears rusty; other days, a ...

The next frontier of defense is not in the skies or at sea; it is in the cloud, in our data centers and in the invisible ...

While the world-famous Inca Trail is undoutedly Peru’s headline hike, the Quarry Trail is a less-crowded alternative that’s ...

Futurist Michio Kaku sees humans doing ballet on Mars and projecting their brains into the cosmos. And aliens? Oh, they're ...

Polar bears lose sea ice due to climate change, forcing them to fast longer and lose body fat, leading to emaciation. The ...

Chiricahua National Monument — an isolated, otherworldly corner of southeast Arizona dominated by soaring cloud islands and ...

The issue features striking wildlife photos highlighting endangered species and fragile ecosystems. Some photos also show once-endangered species bouncing back thanks to conservation efforts. National ...

A sperm whale floats amid shards of polar pack ice, dead and decomposing, mouth hanging open. When photographer Roie Galitz captured the scene with a drone, the image was so arresting that it took a ...

As 2025 inches towards its end, National Geographic is celebrating the year by dropping its annual Pictures of the Year 2025, “highlighting the images that most inspired and defined the past year ...