This story appears in the August 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. Not every feat of taxidermy qualifies as art. But as the art of taxidermy has endured and evolved, it has given form to ...

A version of this story appears in the May 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. At National Geographic, we’ve helped you explore the world for 130 years. With the launch of the May print ...

fueled by National Geographic, set Nathan Lump on a path to becoming the magazine's 11th leader since its founding in 1888. A photographer spends two months in the Canadian Arctic and reveals a ...

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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 May 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Beer cans once lay at the bottom of Spirit Lake. Mark Smith remembers them perfectly: 20-year-old Olympia flattops ...

8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The maps here show the world as it is now, with only one difference: All the ice on land has melted and ...

This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. By the time Hurricane Sandy veered toward the Northeast coast of the United States last October 29, it had mauled ...

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 July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Space suits—designed to provide oxygen and consistent atmospheric pressure—have evolved from pressure suits for ...

This story appears in the May 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. “As Gus ages into adulthood, the list of his challenges that worry me grows longer,” Judith Newman writes of her ...

Long-running geography, outdoors, and nature magazine, National Geographic recently honored a drag queen named "Pattie Gonia" one of its "Travelers of the Year." ...