Take a look at Nat Geo's 2025 Pictures of the Year, from wildlife portraits to groundbreaking scientific discoveries.

The magazine said the collection "showcases 25 extraordinary images that span the breadth of National Geographic's ...

“There was the grandest sight of animal beauty and pent-up physical force I had ever seen,” wrote William Mitchell in the November 1924 issue of National Geographic. “Its coat, of the brightest-orange ...

The decaying reptiles could solve several of paleontology’s biggest mysteries from why some fossils preserve fragile soft ...

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore is halfway through a multiyear effort to document our planet’s incredible ...

Florida’s coral reefs provide protection from hurricane storm surges—and experts estimate that losing key species in those ...

An image taken 90 kilometres northwest of Vancouver has been named one of the best National Geographic pictures of 2025. The ...

As long as slavery existed in America, people fought against it. Juneteenth remembers their battles while celebrating the first taste of freedom after the Civil War. Thirty-five years after the end of ...

From inventive photography to an interactive 3D model, storytelling tools take you deep into the mysteries of the iconic site. This high-resolution 3D model is also a mobile augmented reality ...

The United Kingdom is pulling out all the stops between June 2 and 5, 2022, to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, marking her 70th year on the throne—the longest reign for any British ...

History presents the Whydah Gally's crew as swashbuckling sailors who looted a fortune before perishing in a storm. But before its days of piracy, the ship played a role in the transatlantic slave ...

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an evolutionary urge to reach beyond their boundaries. Today, many are ...