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What the lullabies we sing to our children reveal about us What the lullabies we sing to our children reveal about us That is the National Geographic Society’s mission—and the CEO says it’s ...

We all know cacti store water—but to survive, they migrate their flowers, and so much more. Scientists want to copy the ...

National Geographic photographer Keith Ladzinski focused on the positive when it came to forest fires: the solutions people are working on.

For centuries, the Seine River has been Paris’s dumping ground. A billion-dollar cleanup is trying to make it swimmable again. The history of Paris is inextricably linked to the river that flows ...

From the best time to visit to local etiquette you should be aware of, here’s what travellers should know when planning a ...

From cardiovascular disease and obesity to a weakened immune system, the side effects of stress can be life-altering. But there may be a way to prevent those outcomes. This questionnaire—first ...

A glass revolution is underway. Spoiler: it bends and bounces A glass revolution is underway. Spoiler: it bends and bounces Photographer Georgi Georgiev has his lens focused on the intimate lives ...

Follow the monarch on its 3,000-mile journey across the continent Follow the monarch on its 3,000-mile journey across the continent Monarchs are actually toxic—and 5 other amazing butterfly ...

Love them or hate them, hyenas are getting the last laugh Love them or hate them, hyenas are getting the last laugh Dementia has no cure. But there’s hope for better care. Dementia has no cure ...

This story appears in the December 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Lendrum downloads the latest data from several cougars fitted with satellite radio collars.

Between Wales’s Cambrian Mountains and Ceredigion coast, cheesemakers Patrick and Becky Holden are driven by their deep ...