In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra ... photograph by Annie Griffiths, National Geographic “There is a valley in the hills of Jebel Shera named Wadi Musa,”he ...

This National Geographic book is much more than a coffee table tome, although you could easily spend hours just poring over the photographs: black-and-white reproductions from Shackleton’s voyage, and ...

- A boater passes between cargo ships on the harbour, in Vancouver, British Columbia, July 16, 2024. (Darryl Dyck/The ...

Citizen historians have spent decades searching for the original text of Shackleton’s advertisement. Now, some say it might ...

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He has, perhaps, the ultimate job: as explorer-in-residence at the National Geographic Society. This means he is free to roam the seas to find and study the few remaining pristine places that ...

What are the top facts about the ocean? While much is known about the ocean, a large part of it remains unknown. Here are fun facts about it for people of all ages.

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across ...

A big thank you to Shane (Associate Vice Director of Virgin Voyages) for chatting with me for this video. In this video, I ...

Cave explorer Floyd Collins got trapped in Sand Cave in Kentucky 100 years ago and later died. The incident drew national attention and helped lead to the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park.

As climate change brings more boats to the Arctic, the U.S.'s need for boats that can cut through the ice has also increased.