More than half the people on Earth live within 120 miles (193 kilometers ... or ourselves," said marine ecologist Enric Sala, a National Geographic explorer-in-residence. "A healthy ocean means ...

The Earth's interior is composed of four layers, three solid and one liquid—not magma but molten metal, nearly as hot as the surface of the sun. The deepest layer is a solid iron ball, about ...

Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life. With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the ...

National Geographic questions what lies ahead for the planet—will it be saved or lost? So far, it’s impossible to predict. Greta wasn't the first to demand climate action. Meet more young ...

This story appears in the August 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... which rain down constantly on Earth, in Antarctica and other pristine locations, but Larsen thought there should ...

8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National ... now live. East Antarctica: The East Antarctica ice sheet is so large—it contains four-fifths of all the ice on Earth ...

like "Giants of the Deep Blue," "Kingdom of the Blue Whale," "Earth Live," "Winged Seduction: Birds of Paradise" and "Into the Grand Canyon." Disney Plus is also home to National Geographic's ...

Protecting and restoring Earth’s rainforests is crucial to our planet’s survival. That’s why National Geographic Society, with the support of Rolex, created a unique tropical rainforest ...

Yet more than one billion people, one-sixth of the Earth's population, actually live in desert regions. Deserts cover more than one-fifth of the Earth's land area, and they are found on every ...