In 2013, NASA discovered a bacteria evading its most stringent disinfections. Scientists just figured out how it does it.

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In Switzerland’s Jura Mountains, ancient limestone holds thousands of dinosaur footprints. A gravel route traces their path ...

Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?

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A new documentary from the National Geographic Society and Oceans North spotlights how Inuit and Cree communities are ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...

A new study sheds light on how these reptiles become “mummies” and paints a picture of what these ancient animals looked like ...

In our new Ask a Nat Geo Expert Anything series, Dan Buettner weighs in on how to apply the blue zones principles to your own ...

Myriad museums, natural attractions, historical sites, and culinary delights, not to mention its world-famous Gateway Arch, make St. Louis a terrific destination for travelers from around the world.

One of the most dangerous faults in the United States, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, may be able to trigger an earthquake on ...

Life moves quickly in the nation’s capital. But just across the Potomac, you can trade traffic for tranquility with these ...