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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 ...

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The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was ...

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

A thick, honey-like adhesive at the tip of a chameleon’s tongue lets it bring its prey to its mouth after snagging it, ...

A local resident stumbled upon the remains of the 19,700-year-old beast. Its record-breaking horn offers new insights into life in the Ice Age.

This popular spirit been touted as health-conscious—low in sugar, hangover-proof, and even “clean.” We asked experts to ...

From the waters of an Arctic archipelago all the way to the Southern Ocean and marine waters in between, these photos show ...

Microbes near the surface of the Southern Ocean sustain the polar food chain — impacting the nutrient flow from the surface ...