National Geographic

National Geographic team may have discovered the foot of a famed Mount Everest climber

5:30am October 12, 2024

A National Geographic team found the boot and foot of whom it suspects to be Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, a 22-year-old climber who went missing on Mount Everest a century ago.

Christian Cooper watches distant shorebirds at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge in California. The National Geographic channel has announced that Cooper will host a series called Extraordinary Birder. Cooper was in the spotlight after a

Bird-watcher wrongfully accused in Central Park video gets a bird-watching TV show

7:52pm May 19, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

In the series, Christian Cooper will take viewers into the "wild, wonderful and unpredictable world of birds," according to National Geographic.

In this file photo from 2016, a bookshop owner in Pakistan shows a National Geographic magazine with the cover photograph of Afghan refugee woman Sharbat Gula. She arrived in Italy as part of the West's evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover

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The woman from National Geographic's famous 'Afghan Girl' photo is evacuated to Italy

11:53am November 25, 2021

by The Associated Press

Sharbat Gula arrived in Italy as part of the West's evacuation effort, Italy's government said Thursday. Premier Mario Draghi's office said Italy organized her evacuation after she asked for help.

Humpback whales, working in teams, circle herring with disorienting curtains of bubbles off Alaska's coast, then shoot up from below with their mouths open. This innovation developed among unrelated groups of humpbacks but is now a widely adopted practice

Photos: The Culture Of Whales

7:40am April 19, 2021

by Taylor Haney

Belugas play, a sperm whale nurses, and orcas teach their pups to hunt in a series of photographs from National Geographic photographer and explorer Brian Skerry.

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App State Researcher Helps Install World's Highest Weather Station

6:00am June 25, 2019

by Bethany Chafin

A lifelong climber and researcher at Appalachian State University has just completed a major project that will give us more information on climate change.

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Buried together, a child and a llama were part of a mass sacrificial killing that included more than 140 children and over 200 llamas in the Huanchaquito-Las Llamas site in coastal Peru near Trujillo.

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Remains Of More Than 140 Children Who Were Sacrificed Found In Peru

6:29pm April 27, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

They died 500 years ago in what may be the world's largest sacrificial killing of children, reported National Geographic.

Felyssa Ricco stands outside the house in Hazleton, Pa., where she lives with her mother and stepfather, Kelly and Jesse Portanova. In addition to flying Old Glory and other flags, such as "Don't Tread on Me," the Portanovas sometimes fly the Confederate

Michele Norris On The Anxiety Of White America And Her Optimism For The Future

1:45pm March 14, 2018

Former NPR host Michele Norris talks about her story for National Geographic magazine's issue on race. In it, Norris explores the unease of some residents of a rapidly changing Pennsylvania town.

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In a full-issue article on Australia that ran in National Geographic in 1916, aboriginal Australians were called "savages" who "rank lowest in intelligence of all human beings." The magazine examines its history of racist coverage in its April issue.

'National Geographic' Reckons With Its Past: 'For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist'

8:52pm March 12, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Before it could publish an issue on race, the magazine first had to look at its own history. "Some of what you find in our archives leaves you speechless," writes editor Susan Goldberg.

Sharbat Gula, subject of the famous "Afghan Girl" image, is in a Pakistani jail over alleged ID fraud. In 1984, Gula's brief encounter with photographer Steve McCurry, seen here next to images of Gula, led to a cover photo for National Geographic.

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Woman From Famous 'Afghan Girl' Photo Is Arrested In Pakistan

1:22pm October 26, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Sharbat Gula was around 12 years old when her image became the most famous National Geographic cover in the magazine's history. She's now in her 40s.

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Jockeys ride wooden plows in the traditional sport of buffalo racing in Bali.

The Richness Of 'Poor' Places, From National Geographic's Photo Contest

1:41pm October 19, 2015

by Malaka Gharib

The pictures capture racing buffalo in Bali, climbing kids in Burkina Faso and high-wire electricians in Bangladesh.