The crucial reef-building corals were decimated by a marine heat wave in the Florida Keys. Can advances in restoration help ...

The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was ...

Microbes near the surface of the Southern Ocean sustain the polar food chain — impacting the nutrient flow from the surface ...

From the waters of an Arctic archipelago all the way to the Southern Ocean and marine waters in between, these photos show ...

Thousands of sea cucumbers blanket over two miles of the Seaside, Oregon, beach in a rare natural phenomenon. The translucent ...

Travelers can explore Beijing's ancient past by visiting the Beijing Central Axis – a newly designated UNESCO World Heritage ...

National Geographic’s top wildlife photos arrive at the Momentary Nov. 22, showcasing nature’s beauty and photography’s ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

Archaeologist Adrián Oyaneder discovered dozens of structures called chacu while reviewing satellite images of the Camarones ...

Tourists swim in a cenote, or flooded cave, outside Playa del Carmen, Mexico. The Yucatan Peninsula is dotted with thousands of these interconnected limestone caves, which are fed by a ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...

Highlighting the best wildlife photography across land and sea, see some of the winning photos from this year's Wildlife ...