Despite widespread public distaste for the practice, a new analysis of trophy hunting for primates done by Humane Society International and shared exclusively with National Geographic shows that ...

This article was created in partnership with the National Geographic Society ... most likely a woolly or howler monkey that we have heard chattering and whooping in the canopy.

This story is part of the National Geographic 33. A pioneer of big-mountain snowboarding, Jeremy Jones watched as helicopters made remote backcountry runs suddenly reachable, enabling access to ...

The new National Geographic book, 100 Beaches of a Lifetime, explores all of these destinations and more. Here are 14 beaches that are worth traveling for. Japan’s lushest, warmest, most ...

As we age, our senses become less acute through changes in the organs themselves, as well as changes in the brain. An aging brain becomes less able to perceive sensations, process information ...

Trees began to quake, monkeys shrieked, and birds fled skyward. Deep in the heart of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Selah Abong’o froze, convinced she was about to encounter something out of ...

Created in 1974 by the UN, World Environment Day happens every June 5. Hosted by a different country each year—this year it’s China—the day seeks to raise public awareness of environmental ...

A study of long-distance runners shows the brain’s remarkable ability to adapt—by burning its own fat. A marathon taxes more than just muscles—it pushes the brain to its metabolic limits ...

When the Beatles invaded our shores, ears, and cultural consciousness a few years later, dolls of the mop-headed Fab Four were in hot demand, but the likenesses of John, Paul, George and Ringo also ...

In 2014, a Malaysian Airlines flight mysteriously disappeared. A barnacle-encrusted piece of the plane's wing is one of the most important clues that has been found. New science may be able to ...

A version of this story appears in the May 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sites and artifacts are photographed with permission of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

“It was the seat of the head of state, with military barracks ... The Spanish crown eventually ceded it to the state, and it became a national monument in 1870. Today the palatine city is ...