The pickleback (a shot of whisky followed by a shot of pickle brine) may have had its heyday in the 2000s, but pickle-forward ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

For deep reef divers, descending into the ocean’s mesophotic layer can feel like exploring the moon. Discovering never-before ...

Your pillow is one of the most powerful tools to help you fall asleep, stay asleep—and even ease your pain and improve ...

The holiday season may be the best time to ride the rails on these iconic routes through Germany’s enchanted Black Forest, ...

The traditional preparation and consumption of fermented cabbage has become the connective thread uniting the growing number ...

In May of 1963, National Geographic photographer and correspondent Barry C. Bishop was part of the first American team to ...

Available on Windows and Mac, or play along online.

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

Long before Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, Ankhnespepy II amassed unprecedented political and religious power. Here's how.

If there is a villain in the Nativity story it is surely Herod, the monarch who supposedly slaughtered thousands of infants ...

The health of people and the planet are inextricably intertwined, with time spent in nature positively improving our lives ...