It’s up to us to ensure that progress keeps happening until every child, everywhere can benefit, and is given the chance for a happy, healthy life. Child mortality has been halved in the last 25 years ...

Ah, the family road trip — where the snacks are endless, the playlists are on repeat, and someone will scream because their sibling is ...

Maps must be more than static reference tools; they must be dynamic platforms that reflect the world as it changes.

National Geographic photographer Jody MacDonald discovers that Central Oregon's wild terrain is the ultimate playground, ...

Exploring New River Gorge National Park is the perfect way to dive into the rivers and mountains of West Virginia! Since ...

Known as “the city of darkness,” Kowloon Walled City was a crowded, tangled metropolis of 60,000 people with little political or legal oversight.

A sea kayaking journey through the Johnstone Strait offers eye-to-eye encounters with orcas, humpbacks and sea lions.

Who invented s’mores? Don’t believe the myths—this is the real history Lots of people get credit for inventing the gooey campfire treat. But a woman named Cookie—yes, Cookie—made it into ...

National Geographic Rocket Launcher for Kids: was $50.58 now $39.99 at Amazon Save $10.59 on this brilliant outdoors rocket from National Geographic.

The name change to Gulf of America is the first since the 1540s where various maps referred to it as the Mexican Gulf, Golpho de la Nueva España, and, finally Gulf of Mexico.

The National Hurricane Center's website and maps now reflect the official name (at least in the U.S.) of the Gulf of America.

Over the past decade, the creator and host of the ‘Geography Now’ web series Paul 'Barbs' Barbato has profiled every United Nations-recognised country.