Opening in summer 2026, the National Geographic Museum of Exploration will start the next chapter of its history.

From historic Everest summits to Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research, National Geographic magazine and its famed covers have shared the expanse of our world with readers for well over a century.

Across cultures, early spring is a time to let loose and play pranks—but historians can’t agree on who invented the custom of ...

A quarter of a billion years ago, long before dinosaurs or mammals evolved, the predator Dinogorgon, whose skull is shown here, hunted floodplains in the heart of today's South Africa. In less than a ...