Alexander had a love-hate relationship with his father, King Philip II of Macedonia. While at times he appeared to be the clear heir, polygamy, exile, and an assassination made Alexander's path to ...

Fresh advances in 3D scanning technology are making it possible to explore some of the hardest-to-reach and most fragile sites on Earth.

National Geographic stories take you on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising and unfailingly fascinating. This month–pictures of the year.

The history behind the Alien Enemies Act The Alien Enemies Act was one of four 1798 laws known as the Alien and Sedition Acts —a set of controversial statutes that emerged during a tenuous ...

National Geographic stories take you on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising and unfailingly fascinating. This month–the lost women of the Viking Age.

From Florida to Germany, these institutions are dedicated to preserving and celebrating queer history, art, and culture year-round.

A team of scientists and artists transformed a jumble of bones entombed in tons of rock into a towering dinosaur that will leave visitors to L.A.'s Natural History Museum wonderstruck.

Maybe, with a little luck, he would make another discovery that would change the map of human evolution. A version of this story appears in the February 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Lots of people are talking about Avery Jackson, a nine-year-old girl from Kansas City who is the first transgender ...

Known today as the “Black Belt,” the southeastern United States was once covered by an ancient sea—one that continues to shape modern history.

The history of book bans—and their changing targets—in the U.S. Recent years have seen a record-breaking number of attempts to ban books.

As National Geographic reimagines its iconic headquarters for the 21st century, here’s a look back at its history as a base for both Cold War spies and the Society’s own Explorers.