National Geographic's enterprising photographers have helped readers explore and learn about our beautiful world through their images for more than a century. Here is their best work from the past ...

Grosvenor, National ... issue of the magazine, in October 1888. The year 1915 witnessed the founding of the Map Department, which evolved into today’s National Geographic Maps. As in the past ...

A version of this story appears in the May 2018 issue ... our past but are updated for a more modern feel. There’s “Earle,” named in honor of legendary oceanographer and National Geographic ...

Over the past five years 40,000 individuals have supported National Geographic’s work to help communities around the world understand, protect, and live with big cats. Our Big Cats Initiative ...

Over the past five years 40,000 individuals have supported National Geographic’s work to help communities around the world understand, protect, and live with big cats. Our Big Cats Initiative ...