From the lemurs to the landscape, everything about the world's fourth-largest island is surprising.
To combat the coronavirus, the state has grown more powerful. What does that mean for liberty and the democratic norms that protect us?
Photos from the scene of a fire that burned through the 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, destroying countless artifacts.
National Geographic magazine has announced the winning entries in its annual photo competition.
Our grasp on what it takes to sustain a democracy is slipping.
The Democratic National Convention’s first night had a delicate mission: to honor the sitting president before quickly switching gears to celebrate Kamala Harris.
The winning images have been selected from this year’s edition of the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year competition.
The president sees himself as national king, and every other American—including Maine Governor Janet Mills—as one of his quavering subjects.
An artist-geologist renders the history of the Earth with maps.
The Reagan Administration has abandoned hope of a balanced budget, but has not faced the big questions about spending