The famous adventurer died while paragliding on Italy’s Adriatic coast. His legacy includes a number of world ...

Below are short biographies of some of the National Geographic Explorers and Rolex Laureates making a difference in the world. In the weeks ahead, National Geographic will feature stories, photo ...

Only a handful of people had ever done it, and Gil would be the first journalist. ... It’s called A Man of the World: My Life at National Geographic. You can find it wherever books are sold.

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

That is the National Geographic Society’s mission—and the CEO says it’s vital to give people of every race, identity, and experience a role in that work.

By Kimberly Simmons. On July 24, 2010, National Geographic asked people around the world to turn their video cameras on themselves and record a magnificent or ordinary moment of their lives.People ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek is retracing—on foot—the global migration of our ancestors. Here's a look through his unique lens.

Hundreds of people build human towers several stories tall. Though traditions take many forms—personal or public, sacred or profane, somber or joyous—the human instinct to create meaningful ...

How women photographers have changed the way we see the world. For Women’s History Month, National Geographic’s boundary-breaking photojournalists reflect on their favorite work by their peers.

In Tunisia, a North African state that is also in the Arab world and is home to about 11.5 million people, women have long played a major role in politics and civil society, dating to the 1950s ...