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The amazing paper maps created by National Geographic over the years will be included with Google Maps under a new public data program.

From lava-spitting volcanoes to the rusted prow of the sunken Titanic, National Geographic photographers travel to some of the most dangerous places on Earth to get their shots.

There's no question how this moai arrived in this place: It was dropped there after having been made for a 1994 movie.

N.C. researchers are working on a new archaeological search into what really happened to the lost colonists of Roanoke Island, according to a report from National Geographic .

Like a repellent exhibit at Ripley's Believe It or Not that you can't take your eyes off, Shaul Schwarz's documentary "Narco Cultura" keeps you riveted.

A new reality show with a faith twist has three Southern Baptists, one of them a 1993 graduate of the Baptist College of Florida, snatching headlines and asking the "Church Hoppers" if financial and public relations savvy can help spread the Gospel.

A man touches a photo as he visits a photographic exhibition of National Geographic Society in Gijon, Spain, July 19, 2007.

Whether you're an amateur or a pro, the magazine is encouraging its readers to submit some of their most striking images as part of a series called 'Illuminating the World' submitted to the magazines photo community Your Shot.

From the looks of an average produce section in a typical American supermarket, it might seem like modern society has access to basically every major type of fruit, vegetable and herb one could want.

MUMBAI: FremantleMedia produced India's Got Talent won the Best Entertainment award at the 18th Asian TV Awards which was held at Singapore.

In the spring of 2005, acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic on a tricky assignment for National Geographic: to capture images to help tell the story of the Earth's changing climate.

Google is launching an initiative to let organizations share their map data with the public, via Google's Maps product and cloud-based infrastructure, and today partner National Geographic announced their participation in the project and shared some info via the official Google Maps blog.

The magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake that occurred off the Japanese coast in March 2011, triggering a tsunami and ultimately resulting in more than 15,000 deaths, was the result of the largest fault slip ever recorded, according to a trio of studies published Thursday in the journal Science .

A Quebec family has recently rediscovered a 74-year-old photo of seven siblings, taken at l'Anse-St-Jean and published in a 1939 issue of National Geographic.

National Geographic is famous for its photography of life around the world, but who knew its readers could produce such stunning work themselves.

Adam Ondra is on fire as he has officially completed another 5.15c first ascent on Vasil Vasil at the Czech Republic crag of Sloup.

'She loves climbing trees!': Daughter of Bradford housewife raised by monkeys tells of her own unconventional upbringing and says she wouldn't change a thing For Vanessa James, a mother who thought little of climbing a tree or leap-frogging into the monkey pen during visits to the zoo was nothing out of the ordinary.

Global nature magazine National Geographic has named Riga on its list of the 20 most recommended travel destinations for 2014.

Owner Gloria Delaney said in a telephone interview that she ran her wholesale business, Dwelling, "for years and years," buying for retailers like Coldwater Creek, Anthroplogie and National Geographic.

The most wonderful time of the year can also be the most stressful. When travel, in-laws and gift-buying are added to your likely already-busy schedule, it's not always easy to budget time to unwind.