Even a moment’s rest on Everest can come with a reminder of just how unpredictable the mountain can be.

From Oscar®-winning filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, EVEREST: THE OTHER SIDE, only in theaters and IMAX worldwide on October 30

By the 1990s, Siamese crocodiles had disappeared from the wild in Vietnam. Now, conservation efforts are helping the species recover, with an estimated 1,000 mature Siamese crocodiles living across Southeast Asia.

#WildVietnam is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

With decades of experience behind them, older female orcas are often the pod's most valuable leaders. After they've reached menopause, they continue to play a crucial part in helping their family survive.

#NatGeoQueens is streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

For years, researchers speculated that a plane-shaped object submerged in the lagoon on the Pacific island of Nikumaroro could be Amelia Earhart's missing aircraft. But a recent expedition has found that the “Taraia Object” is far more mundane: on.natgeo.com/2KUPqO

Why haven't we found any evidence of alien civilizations? The answer could be simple.

Discover more about LOST IN SPACE: 5,000 Facts for Navigating the Universe: on.natgeo.com/93P5vi

Three-toed sloths spend nearly all their time in the trees, even mating and giving birth while suspended from tree branches 🦥

There's no shortage of experiences worth planning a trip around. For our annual Best of the World 2027 list, we asked National Geographic’s global community of writers, photographers, and explorers to select the top 25 destinations that could inspire your next adventure.

Shaped by Nat Geo’s global community of writers, photographers, and explorers, our #BestOfTheWorld 2027 list is here, offering more reasons to explore every corner of the globe.

Discover 25 remarkable destinations across six continents: on.natgeo.com/LGg3Xq

From Oscar®-winning filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and @jimkchin, discover an intimate portrait of two elite ski mountaineers bound by love and the pursuit of the impossible in Everest: The Other Side.

One in seven adults will fall victim to a romance scam. To uncover the world of these predators, @MarianaVZ had to become their prey.

#SuperScamMe is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

Keeping up with a pack of hunting wolves is just another day at the office for @bertiegregory and his team.

#WolvesUpClose with Bertie Gregory premieres Friday, November 6 at 8/7c on National Geographic. Streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

Photographer Michael Seeley used a single 426-second exposure to capture the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in the early hours of October 13, creating a portrait of humanity’s reach beyond Earth.

See more Photos of the Day: on.natgeo.com/ZhrPre

For a long time, we knew only the planets in our cosmic backyard. Today, we know thousands of other worlds are orbiting distant stars.

Discover more about LOST IN SPACE: 5,000 Facts for Navigating the Universe: books.disney.com/book/lost-in-s…

Presented by National Geographic Society in partnership with @Rolex. In the face of a changing world, these explorers are not giving up hope for our seas.

There's more to the mad hatterpillar than funky headwear. By wearing the stacked remains of its old head capsules, it confuses predators, giving it more time to escape. 🎩

#Underdogs is streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

Sometimes, you've just got to stop and admire the stars 🌌

It sounds like a movie plot, but NASA really did test our planetary defenses in case an asteroid ever threatens Earth—and it worked.

Discover more about LOST IN SPACE: 5,000 Facts for Navigating the Universe: books.disney.com/book/lost-in-s…

Presented by @ROLEX. A simple branch becomes a fishing rod in the hands of these resourceful chimpanzees. This technique allows them to harvest algae without getting wet.

#AfricaEarthsWildHome is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

A village in Sardinia’s Marghine mountains is now a blue zone—a region where residents 70 and older have exceptional odds of living longer. Here, reaching 100 is common, especially for women. Experts are studying various factors that could help explain why.

Learn more: on.natgeo.com/JM2iCC

Presented by @ROLEX. Africa is a place where we can still discover new things about nature—including how humans can live in harmony with the animals who share our world.

Watch Steve's full yellow chair interview on the Nat Geo YouTube channel: youtu.be/d7A3gXW7sX0

One year after her passing, we remember Jane Goodall for the curiosity that transformed our understanding of chimpanzees, the compassion that challenged how we see our place in nature, and the belief in the power of hope that inspired generations to imagine a better future.

Bad news, you can't take a deep breath without an oxygen supply on Mars. Good news, you won't get blown over by a stiff breeze.

Discover more about LOST IN SPACE: 5,000 Facts for Navigating the Universe: books.disney.com/book/lost-in-s…

When 33 miners became trapped underground in northern Chile, the whole world watched as rescuers searched for ways to bring them back to safety.

#ChileanMineRescue: Race Against Time is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

With wings spread and head held high, this Adélie penguin presents a dapper figure as it waddles through an Antarctic colony.

How do you travel faster than the speed of light? You have to take one of the universe's back doorways.

Discover more about LOST IN SPACE: 5,000 Facts for Navigating the Universe: on.natgeo.com/TGJ7Py

School looks a little different for loon chicks. During their first 12 weeks, they learn essential survival skills from their parents, including how to swim, dive, and forage.

#InsideTheEnchantedWaterways is now streaming on @DisneyPlus.

Presented by @ROLEX. National Geographic Explorer Steve Boyes has spent his life exploring Africa’s wild places and studying the patterns of the continent's wildlife. He approaches conservation through the lens of science, exploration, and—most importantly—hope.

A new species of cat has been identified for the first time in a century—and experts think that there may be even more to discover around the world: on.natgeo.com/n5nxra

New cat alert! A call from a wildlife sanctuary about a "weird cat" has led to the first new cat species discovered in over 100 years in Bolivia’s Yungas forest ecoregion. Learn more about this feline surprise: on.natgeo.com/JRuaGj

Off Pebbles Beach in Barbados, photographer Ana Elisa Sotelo joined horse handler Glenfield Clarke on a morning swim with a racehorse named Zorah. Sotelo says she was mesmerized by the way the horse and groom seemed to “become kind of like one creature.”

Everest: The Other Side is "nail-biting", “thrilling", and "exhilarating"!

Experience it only in theaters and IMAX worldwide on October 30.

Presented by @ROLEX. Welcome to Africa 🌍 Africa Earth's Wild Home takes you deep into the heart of our wildest continent, bringing you closer to its animals, landscapes, and the people watching over it than ever before.

When 33 men were trapped underground in a collapsed mine, the entire world followed their struggle for survival and the race to get them out.

#ChileanMineRescue: Race Against Time premieres September 25 at 8/7c on National Geographic. Streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu

High school teacher Kent Hups made history when he discovered the first adult T. rex trackway last year. Working with National Geographic Explorer Tyler Lyson, the pair excavated five footprints, each preserved as a 3D shape in ancient rocks: on.natgeo.com/nXm9eX

A baby auk learns how to fly in the most extreme way possible, but it's got support as it takes its first airborne journey.

#IncredibleAnimalJourneys is now streaming on @DisneyPlus

One day, Phil Gordon's house will slide 247 feet (75 meters) off a sheer cliff outside of Homer, Alaska. While he could relocate to a sturdier plot of land, Gordon refuses to let his home fall—so he's moving the property to a safe distance back: on.natgeo.com/mheY63

Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson skied the biggest lines on earth. They had one left. The direct north face of Everest is the ultimate line on the ultimate mountain.

Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison shared a dream to climb and ski Everest’s direct North Face, a feat no one had ever accomplished. From Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Chai Vasarhelyi and @jimkchin, Everest: The Other Side, only in theaters and IMAX worldwide on October 30.

It's lions vs buffalo. Can lion teamwork make the lion dream work, or will the buffalo win this round?

#NatGeoLION is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

There are plenty of new reasons to get away in 2026. Hand-picked by the Nat Geo team, our list of Best of the World 2026: New Hotels celebrates standout stays across the globe, including a Scottish nature preserve in the northern Highlands and stays closer to wildlife and local pgkYQGE6o

Bubbler crabs give an entirely new meaning to the term "beach ball."

#InsideTheEnchantedWaterways is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

Kio is ready to be king—but does he have what it takes? 🦁

#NatGeoLION is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

For most predators, a tightly packed shoal of anchovies that moves like a single superorganism is hard to hunt. Dusky dolphins have a different approach. Their acrobatic moves help split the shoal into smaller groups before feeding.

#WildChile is now streaming on @DisneyPlus

Dolly Parton passed away today at the age of 80. Parton's career spanned decades, but Nat Geo photographer Jodi Cobb captured her in her first decade of stardom for our May 1978 feature on Nashville’s vibrant culture. Here are some of those images: on.natgeo.com/BubLNc

Astronomers have found a Jupiter-sized object orbiting a brown dwarf, but aren’t sure how to classify it. That uncertainty persists 20 years after the International Astronomical Union defined what counts as a planet and reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet. on.natgeo.com/ZTgK0b

1,947 years ago, ash and pumice darkened the sky as Vesuvius erupted, producing pyroclastic surges that buried Pompeii in just 24 hours. But that's not where the story ends. #PompeiiOutOfTime with Tom Hiddleston is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

Lowkey love lions AND these reactions 🥺

#NatGeoLION is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

On September 11, 2001, first responders, co-workers, and strangers were brought together through unbelievable acts of bravery and community. 25 years later, they have a chance to reunite for the first time and say thank you.

#911Reunited is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

Witness the rise of a king. 🦁

#NatGeoLION is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

Jellyfish drift through a kelp forest off Isla de los Estados, Argentina, part of a diverse forest ecosystem brimming with sea life.

What if aging were optional? In the cover story of our new September issue, out now, we report on the high-stakes race among longevity scientists to try to reverse the aging process through a technique called cellular reprogramming.

To celebrate Europe's first total solar eclipse in 27 years, National Geographic photographer Renan Ozturk, alongside Chris Burkard and Chris Sharma, captured the celestial event as Sharma took on a climb in Mallorca.

Earlier this year, an FDA trial began for a potential glaucoma treatment that aims to return damaged optic nerves to a more youthful state. It could be the latest step in the race to redefine how our bodies age. D.T. Max explores more: on.natgeo.com/dz1mPX

National Geographic photographer Paul John Bayfield photographed the recent solar eclipse with a herring gull from over Norwich, UK. A moment he described as "a sight I shall remember for a long time.”

See more photos from the 2026 total solar eclipse: on.natgeo.com/aCADKf