Near the summer solstice, communities across China gather to race boats, many adorned with painted carvings of dragons. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists,…
For National Geographic photographers and explorers to capture unique wildlife images and collect data, they need specialized cameras. At National Geographic’s Photo Engineering and the Engineering Technology Lab, staff constantly invent and modify new tools of the trade. ➡ Subscribe:…
Ninety percent of the world’s supply of precious gemstone amber comes from Kaliningrad, Russia. During his World Cup tour of Russia, National Geographic reporter Sergey Gordeev visits the city’s amber museum and visits a jeweler to see the gemstone fashioned…
Contemporary Artist Zaria Forman accompanies NASA’s Operation IceBridge on their 2017 flights over the Greenland ice sheet.
Of all the great unknowns in outer space, the dark universe might just be the most mysterious. Learn the basics of dark energy and dark matter and how scientists study this nearly undetectable realm of the cosmos.
Five hundred miles off the coast of New Zealand live the last 5,000 breeding pairs of the Chatham Island albatross.
In Miami, conservationist Daria Feinstein is on a mission to save the beautiful Blue-and-yellow Macaw—before it’s too late.
In the vanishing lowland rainforests of Borneo, new research is underway to uncover and understand the unique cultural behaviors in wild orangutans.
As skilled warriors and horsemen, the Don Cossacks have a long military tradition. On his World Cup tour of Russia, Sergey Gordeev dives deep into the National Geographic archives to tell the story of this community. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About…
Two medieval forts tower over Pakistan’s Hunza Valley, a region known for its traditional culture, as well as for forward-thinking views on opportunities for women.
