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Welcome to National Geographic Magazine, where on-the-ground reporting combined with award-winning photography informs our community about our planet.
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Nat Geo Explorer Tara Roberts joins divers searching for the wrecks of ships that carried enslaved Africans. Along the way, she delves into her own roots, challenging assumptions about home & belonging. Listen to
#IntoTheDepths
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Today, the National Geographic
#PhotoArk
turns 16! Congratulations to founder and
#NatGeoExplorer
@joelsartore
on this milestone along his journey to document our world’s astonishing biodiversity. Which is your favorite species from the past year?
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“You always see polar bears on ice and snow,” says photographer Martin Gregus, Jr. “But it’s not like they stop living in the summertime.”
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The virus is far less contagious than COVID-19, and the U.S. had tools to contain it. So how did monkeypox become a health emergency?
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When India and Pakistan gained independence from Britain, hastily drawn borders caused simmering tensions to boil over. On the latest
#OverheardNatGeo
, hear from the eyewitnesses who lived through the victory of independence and the tragedy of partition.
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To lay the groundwork for a lifetime of happy and healthy eating, try these techniques to teach your kids to become mindful eaters.
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High tech, high stakes, high excitement—and animals? Witness Bertie Gregory doing what he does best in the
#DisneyPlusDay
premiere of
#EpicAdventuresWithBertieGregory
. The original series drops September 8 only on
@disneyplus
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Past experiments have revealed cats can interpret human gestures to find hidden food, recognize their owner’s voice, and even beg for food from a person who looks at them and calls their name.
#InternationalCatDay
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New research reveals that jumping spiders appear to experience visual dreams—and maybe even nightmares.
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The ongoing crisis has been exacerbated by inadequate access to testing, misdiagnosis, and limited vaccine availability.
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Ancient Britons created a masterpiece with stone, rope, and timber—plus strength and smarts.
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The elusive power source can’t save us from the need to cut emissions now. But a $20-billion reactor approaching completion in southern France could pave the way for the future.
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Climate change, as well as fungicide overuse in agriculture, have driven a rise in fungi capable of infecting people and evading the limited arsenal humans possess to fight them.
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