This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the digital age, when it’s easy to manipulate a photo, it’s harder than ever to ensure that the images we publish ...

This story appears in the January 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the winter of 1769, the British explorer Captain James Cook, early into his first voyage across the Pacific ...

This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. “You need to have your throat cut out and your decomposing, bug-infested body fed to wild pigs.” An anonymous ...

This story appears in the December 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s a warm winter ... Very few stay long before they push on, perhaps in search of a mate, or fall victim to ...

For more on lying check out our podcast, “Overheard at National Geographic.” Listen here. This story originally published in the June 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the fall of ...

This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Clad in a camouflage jacket, the mosquito netting unzipped from his hood, Yuri Khudi squats by the fire inside his ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Tune in to Panda Babies: Mission Critical on August 28 at 8 p.m. ET on Nat Geo WILD to follow their development at ...

This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Shadrack Nyongesa ... it is created in our culture. In fact the search for a transcendent, timeless definition ...

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Charles Darwin was ... They may fly in search of better locations but have little control once airborne.

This story appears in the December 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine and is part of National Geographic’s Future of Food initiative, a special five-year project that seeks to show how ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. From the English ... of provisions scuttled his plan to continue the search. On returning to England, he found Sir ...