The Cofán people in Ecuador watch over the forest to defend it from invaders. After studying in the U.S., Hugo Lucitante returned home to help.

Athens’ Odeon of Herodes Atticus has closed for a three-year renovation, but the show must go on, so here are nine equally ...

Studies now show health risks rise sharply even at a few drinks a week. Cutting back, even a little, can make a measurable ...

We recently published our special issue on what we’re calling the “Gender Revolution.” Humanity’s understandings of ...

Excess nutrients, warmer temperatures, and an increasing population are causing explosions of algae worldwide.

A rustic red wine called tannat and a new vineyard trail are drawing travelers to this small South American country.

Some sixty years after her grandmother discovered “Nutcracker Man,” Louise Leakey unearths his long-lost hand—reviving a ...

Miracles by definition defy science. But a new research effort attempts to understand what our experiences with them do to ...

The loss of the ancient world's greatest repository of knowledge has been mourned for centuries—but Julius Caesar may not ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his ...