National Geographic News

They say a picture is worth a thousand words- but for professional photographers, a picture can also represent thousands of miles traveled and hundreds of hours worked.

Lions roam the lush landscape of the Serengeti, while their domestic counterparts roam the dusty crawl space under your bed.

Harrison Park School students on Wednesday, Dec. 4, will find themselves immersed in the real life experiences of National Geographic explorer and geo-archaeologist Beverly Goodman.

Police in Ethiopia's western region of Gambella on November 1, 2013, detained Robin Hammond , a freelance photojournalist with dual U.K. and New Zealand citizenship, while he was on assignment for U.S. magazine National Geographic , according to news reports and local journalists.

National Geographic has unique, thoughtful gifts for any occasion. Our collection runs the gamut from useful gifts for the diehard backpacker, to delicate, globally inspired jewelry.

Koalas have the appearance of a living teddy bear, inviting many of us to assume they are cute and placid.

In top spot this month is National Geographic. The magazine, which is celebrating its 125th anniversary, added nearly one million Facebook likes following a picture competition ir ran for the event.

With Thanksgiving now a glorious gastronomic memory and Christmas soon upon us, the holiday season for gratitude and giving is in full swing.

With Thanksgiving now a glorious gastronomic memory and Christmas soon upon us, the holiday season for gratitude and giving is in full swing.

Some people go on vacation to find themselves. They start writing their novel, or get a makeover or eat/pray/love their way to self acceptance.

"C'mon everybody!" I bellowed from our living room. "Let's get this over with!" "KIDS!? HONEY!?" I yelled from behind my camera, which was precariously perched on top of an Anthony's Seafood matchbook, two beer coasters, three National Geographic magazines, Roget's Thesaurus and our coffee table - at the precise trajectory needed to capture a ... (more)

Among the few footprints atop one of the most tortuous mountains in the world are those of a former Brandonite and his climbing partner.

Paul Salopek is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and National Geographic fellow who is one year into an epic seven-year project to walk around the world, retracing the ancient footsteps of modern mankind.

The environmental adventure film "Chasing Ice" will be shown at the Trent River Coffee Company on Wednesday at 6 p.m. In the spring of 2005, acclaimed environmental photographer James Balog headed to the Arctic for National Geographic to capture images to help tell the story of the Earth's changing climate.

A words-weary audience jumped to its feet with an enthusiastic ovation for broadcaster Rex Murphy after he urged pipeline builders Friday to stop being ashamed of the multibillion-dollar projects they are trying to build.

Renowned National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry will bring a taste of his worldwide adventures chronicling the plight of North Atlantic right whales to the Whaling Museum Sunday.

National Geographic has pitted two of the fastest football players against cheetahs from Busch Gardens in Tampa to see who could cross the finish line first.

Boone Smith has big cat tracking in his blood. Born into a family of Idaho houndsmen with a legacy of big cat capture, he embodies generations of knowledge passed down from father to son.

Male lions in the Okavango Delta, a lush wetland where the Okavango River collides with the Kalahari Desert, are the largest lions on Earth, said filmmaker Dereck Joubert.

In the winters of 2012 and 2013, National Geographic grantee Anders AngerbjA rn and his Ph.D. student, Rasmus Erlandsson, studied an extremely threatened species, the Scandinavian arctic fox .