The director and writer tries to sleep in when he’s not on location in Angola, Antarctica or the Amazon.

The journey began from the Brazilian city of Manaus and was organised by the well-known expedition agency Amazon Gero Tours.

Werner Herzog discusses his latest movie "Ghost Elephants," his documentaries, and why he wont work overtime or own a cell ...

Tourists were stunned when a pair of orcas tried to hunt a gentoo penguin alongside their ship. Here’s what happened next.

I saved the best for last. After 10 years of travel writing, I recently made landfall on Antarctica, my seventh and final ...

This knocked me back. Mom was a woman, a wife, a mother, a teacher, a middle child, a Midwesterner by upbringing, the ...

From executive producer James Cameron, National Geographic's "Secrets of the Bees" explores the world of bees with never-before-filmed moments.

Sleeper sharks live extraordinarily long lives and can thrive in near-freezing ocean temperatures near Earth's poles. Scientists with the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre captured footage of a ...

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today. The ruins of the ...

Much like the Galapagos, the remote Sub-Antarctic islands—a UNESCO World Heritage site—deliver otherworldly landscapes and rare wildlife you won’t find anywhere else on Earth. Albatrosses fly above a ...

From ice swimming to desert crossings, these explorers are redefining what modern adventure – and modern adventurers – look ...

Dreaming of a cruise? You’re not alone. Cruising is booming, with nearly 22 million U.S. travelers expected to book an ocean cruise this year—a record-breaking increase of more than 50% in just six ...