Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

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This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.

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Rich history and small-town charm collide with rubber duck racing and bread roll flinging among miles of nature in Christian ...

Sustainable-logging regimes that selectively cull trees rather than clear-cut them Encouraging people who live near rain forests to harvest its bounty (nuts, fruits, medicines) rather than clear ...

They live on what they find ... The magazine thanks The Rockefeller Foundation and members of the National Geographic Society for their generous support of this series of articles.

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... soiling the atmosphere of aliens who failed to live past the technological diaper stage. “Based on our own behavior ...

They also live in countries that encourage those ... Photographs by Matthieu Paley Witters created the Gallup–National Geographic Index, designed to assess 18 of the most important indicators ...

(The Walt Disney Company, National Geographic’s majority owner ... that these animals have evolved to swim great distances and live in complex social groups—conditions that can’t be ...