Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

From goats that can sense upcoming volcanic eruptions to wildlife that can prevent poaching, scientists are tapping into the “secret knowledge” of animals ...

Thirty minutes from Pretoria and Johannesburg is a living, breathing natural history museum of our origin story as a planet and as a species. We meet our guide, Paul Zille, on the veranda of the ...

Nestled in the heart of Paxton, Nebraska, Ole’s Big Game Steakhouse & Lounge is the kind of place that makes you do a double-take faster than a prairie dog spotting a hawk. This isn’t just a ...

National Geographic’s Peter Gwin, writing a few years back about the wildebeest’s annual migration through the Serengeti — during which about 250,000 of them perish — makes the point that one ...

The annual wildebeest migration is the best time to go in order to see cheetahs stalking the large amounts of prey that come through the area. Cincinnati Zoo Cheetah Sets New World Speed Record in 100 ...

However, wildebeest calves are the primary prey of African wild ... Climate 101: Deforestation | National Geographic. Source: Youtube, Upload: National Geographic. One way to do this is to support ...

Follow in the footsteps of the Buffalo Soldiers, who guarded parks and created trails in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Hawai’i ...

Though not a seasoned hiker to begin with, the filmmaker became the first person to complete the world’s longest trail ...

National Geographic was founded in 1888 by a group of visionaries who embodied an era of exploration, discovery, invention, and change. With offices around the world and headquarters in Washington ...

Peter Gwin is an editor at large for National Geographic and cohost of the award-winning podcast Overheard. He began as a staff writer for the magazine in 2003, and has contributed stories from an ...