This story is part of the National Geographic 33. Yvon Chouinard laughs when he tries to remember the oldest piece of gear he owns. Perhaps it’s a piton he forged in the late 1950s, after he ...

This story is part of the National Geographic 33. The outdoors can sometimes feel hostile for the queer community. That’s a conclusion Wyn Wiley reached as a kid at a summer camp run by the Boy ...

This story is part of the National Geographic 33. Norton and Samson Parashina, president of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust The group does plenty of the things you might expect from a ...

A reminder that he’d have to return for another swim. A version of this story appears in the April 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

Ten years ago, Michelle Yeoh was visiting Kathmandu with her now husband, Jean Todt, when the city was struck by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The couple had been attending an event at a low-rise ...

His interest formed at a young age. Born in Hawaii, Momoa spent much of his childhood in small-town Iowa, where he lived with his mother. But even landlocked, he was extremely invested in aquatic ...

This past January, as fires raged across Los Angeles, Don Cheadle and his wife, alongside tens of thousands of others in the region, were forced to evacuate their home near the Pacific Palisades.

Björk always seems to inhabit an alternate universe—a dreamlike space of the highest creative ambition, free from the constraints that govern mere mortals. Which makes it all the more jarring ...

“Because we need everyone to move in the same direction if we want to have a chance to actually succeed.” A version of this story appears in the April 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine.

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A rancher took a backhoe to a critical nesting ground. His conviction, advocates say, “sets a crucial precedent for ...

From safari ‘star beds’ to the Taj Mahal after hours, after-dark experiences are increasing in popularity with travellers all ...