14+ hour, 38+ min ago  (31+ words) National Geographic's Wonder Lessons will teach you how to navigate the stars, spot cloud types, recognize common trees, and identify different kinds of rocks. Today, we're learning about igneous rocks....

14+ hour, 2+ min ago  (73+ words) Scientists filmed a whale birth'and found something amazing When did humans arrive in the Americas? 6 of the most unusual places to stay at U. S. national parks Here's what psychedelics actually do to the brain Why the Strait of Hormuz is a…...

4+ hour, 21+ min ago  (1348+ words) Lush, vibrant plants and aromatic flowers dot the paths of the Missouri Botanical Garden, a true green oasis in the heart of St. Louis. In 1990, National Geographic profiled the late botanist who turned the garden into a major player in…...

9+ hour, 17+ min ago  (552+ words) The transformative leader of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Raven coined the word "coevolution" and promoted plant conservation. World-renowned botanist Peter Raven who turned a minor botanical garden in the U. S. heartland into an international research and conservation powerhouse, died at 89 years…...

11+ hour, 40+ min ago  (606+ words) To Kill a Mockingbird helped put Monroeville, Alabama, on the map. When National Geographic visited in 2006, tourists were eager to see the "Literary Capital of Alabama" and locals were "[quoting] lines from the book like scripture." "Top secret," Mr. X…...

12+ hour, 55+ min ago  (835+ words) The concept of "two-eyed seeing" is alive and well at these astrotourism hot spots, where travelers have the opportunity to experience the night sky through both high-powered telescopes and Indigenous storytelling. Are those twinkling lights in the night sky a…...

13+ hour, 22+ min ago  (1432+ words) Each year around this time, an unfathomable parade of antelope travels across South Sudan. Now, after decades of war, the grandeur of the once hidden migration is being revealed'as well as its fragility. In 2007, I flew a small plane over…...

13+ hour, 54+ min ago  (1129+ words) After decades of limited options, allergy care is may no longer a one-size-fits-all treatment approach. Every spring, millions of allergy sufferers fall into the same familiar routine of checking pollen counts, bracing for congestion, and reaching for medications that promise…...

13+ hour, 57+ min ago  (697+ words) Each spring, millions of wildebeest begin a 500-mile journey driven by rain, grass, and survival. It's the largest migration of big beasts on Earth. As the spring drought begins to set in, millions of wildebeest, zebra, and gazelle prepare for…...

16+ hour, 25+ min ago  (339+ words) Europe is full of short but magnificent walks, in locations ranging from the Scottish Highlands to the Italian Dolomites and the Norwegian fjords. Here are seven hikes that will blow your mind without melting your muscles. All can be completed…...