Whether it’s an emperor penguin launching from the sea, a playful Adélie penguin or a colony of king penguins, these globe-spanning seabirds inspire awe and conservation.

They also can remain submerged for over 20 minutes. PHOTOGRAPH BY Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Image Collection By mid-December, as the Antarctic summer approaches, the chicks have started to ...

asked the 78-year-old director of the University of Washington’s Center for Ecosystem Sentinels and a National Geographic Explorer. “They’re comical, they’re curious, they’re endearing.” ...

A version of this story appears in the May 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine. Based in Syracuse, New York, National Geographic Explorer Amy Toensing photographed communities and paddlers ...

Tulane University archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer Francisco Estrada-Belli, who was also not involved in the new study, says some scholars have proposed Tikal was ruled after this by ...

Learn about it with your kids.) The aurora borealis lights up the ... the northern lights at Gates of the Arctic, the northernmost national park in the United States. This region of Alaska is ...

But when Rochelle Constantine saw a nine-foot-long mako shark jet past her research vessel ... an ecologist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. That means that getting from ...

A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be protective against developing dementia. While there is currently no ...

With turquoise waters and white sand beaches, there aren’t many reasons to leave the natural wonder of the Caribbean and walk ...

Dusky sharks can grow to 4 meters (13 feet) long and weigh about 350 kilograms (750 pounds). Sandbar sharks are smaller, growing to about 2.5 meters (8 feet) and 100 kilograms (220 pounds).

A giant sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in California, the General Sherman is 52,500 feet in volume and is more than ...