Just a boat ride from Sicily, the island of Salina offers an authentic, laid-back Italian getaway with volcanic cliffs, lush landscapes, and extraordinary views.

NASA's Phoenix lander, which touched down on Mars in 2008, initially struggled to scoop the planet’s rusty red regolith into a device that heats the rocks to sniff out their components.

China aims to upstage the U.S. China’s national park system will eclipse the US version, says Mei Zhang, CEO of Wild China, one of the country’s biggest tour companies.

Meroë Marston Morse joined Polaroid just weeks after graduating from Smith College—and quickly rose to become one of the iconic company's most visionary leaders. She's seen here in a test ...

"Milky seas” are one of the rarest reported forms of bioluminescence. A new scientific database may finally reveal the secrets of this ghostly phenomenon.

There's little more relaxing than spending time at the beach—but what's going on in your brain during a day spent playing in the waves? Scientists are discovering more of the benefits of "blue ...

A version of this story appears in the June 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine. Based in Woodbridge, England, Tristan McConnell reported from Morocco for this story.

The Team Behind Tianwen-3 The article was co-authored by leading experts at the forefront of China's planetary exploration efforts: Liu Jizhong – Chief Engineer of Tianwen-3, Deputy Director of the ...

Detroit’s story is often told in three acts. First came its rise. Once the beating heart of America’s manufacturing industry, it was Motor City’s assembly lines — the first of their kind ...

In the 1960s, humans set out to discover what the red planet has to teach us. Now, NASA is hoping to land the first humans on Mars by the 2030s.

Despite being one of the most photographed natural spaces in the world, stories of the Okavango Delta are rarely told by local talent. A Motswana wildlife photographer is seeking to change that.

Lava tubes and caves exist on Earth, and they have provided refuge to voyaging humans from intense weather for almost 10,000 years. The cave discovered on the moon is likely to be very similar to ...