Namibia is a southwestern African nation roughly twice the size of California, known for having the world’s oldest desert.

The image was first published in his National Geographic book, Forgotten Edens: Exploring the World's Wild Places, in January 1993. Photograph By Frans Lanting, Nat Geo Image Collection ...

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National Geographic spotlighted its Pictures of the Year in its December 2024 issue. The photos include captivating images of animals, nature, scientific innovation, and landscapes. Photo editors ...

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Queen Elizabeth II sits in a car with her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, on their way to visit to Higham Ferrers, a small town outside Northampton, England, on July 9, 1965.

LTD, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION. For this issue’s cover story, we deployed the latest tools to bring you Stonehenge as you’ve never seen it.

Once considered exotic quarry and beasts of burden, elephants are now viewed as treasures in need of saving. Since the first elephant story was published in National Geographic in 1906, the ...