With a thick beard ringing his jaw and stylish long hair, he reminded me of a prehistoric hipster. As I approached the exhibit, I was blocked by a small crowd of visitors gathering to take photos ...

We break down some common myths about our early human ancestors—and what makes our species, ‘Homo sapiens,’ so different from ...

On Libya’s Messak Settafet plateau, Cretaceous sandstone tells a dual story: modern oil field operations and remnants of ...

"Pictures of the Year is one of my favorite things that we do all year," National Geographic Editor-in-Chief Nathan Lump told USA TODAY. "It’s more than just a collection of great images ...

Finnish prehistoric rock paintings (5000-1500 BCE ... forming auditory mirror images that appear to emanate from behind the rock walls. The adjacent, more jagged lakeshore cliffs generate weaker ...

Then, at the end of the year, the magazine's photo editors select "the most stunning photos" taken by its photographers for its annual Pictures of the Year issue. This year, 20 pictures were ...

Their work uncovered several exceptional finds, including a prehistoric fireplace and weaponry ... measured about 2 inches and had two barbs. Photos show the tan-brown point.

National Geographic photographers take some of the most powerful, moving images of our time. And now, Nat Geo has revealed the 2024 Pictures of the Year, choosing from more than 2 million photos.

This critically endangered animal, known for its long, thin snout with a bulbous growth at the end, split off from other crocodilian species 40 million years ago. What it eats: Fish. Juveniles ...

The almost perfectly preserved skull of a prehistoric bird could be a sort of “Rosetta Stone” for understanding the evolution of avian intelligence — a process that has been a mystery until now. The ...