14 extraordinary photos show the importance of freshwater habitats
As the magnitude of water shortage issues arise globally, National Geographic Explorers along with the World Freshwater ...
Activist Pattie Gonia is on a mission to make the outdoors a more welcoming place
The nature-loving drag queen and environmentalist has big plans for making LGBTQ people feel more comfortable in the outdoors ...
It’s easy to feel down. That’s why Yara Shahidi is speaking up for optimism.
The voice-of-a-generation star of Black-ish and Grown-ish is searching for bright spots in tricky times. “Young people rise to the occasion time and time again.” ...
Selena Gomez never wants to be unrelatable
The award-winning singer, actress, and entrepreneur has been admirably forthcoming about her mental health journey. And with ...
How Sterlin Harjo found success with an unlikely formula
To TV viewers, the Indigenous-centering series Reservation Dogs was an overnight hit. To its cocreator, the show was the ...
Tara Roberts is surfacing human stories from the shipwrecks that killed enslaved Africans
The storyteller joins a team of African American divers on their worldwide quest to shed light on the untold history of the ...
Yvon Chouinard on why he gave away Patagonia to save the planet
He reshaped the sportswear industry and became a billionaire. Then he did something even more impressive. What’s driving Yvon ...
April 2025 issue
National Geographic stories take you on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising and unfailingly fascinating.
Social media star Alexis Nikole Nelson is teaching a new generation about foraging
Better known as the Black Forager, Nelson cares deeply about the values bred by a life spent in close contact with nature.
To save the planet, Edward Norton wants to do more than appeal to our better angels
In Kenya, the actor and longtime conservationist is championing pathbreaking ideas about ecotourism—and making sure profits ...
In her music, Björk is unconstrained. As an activist, she wants to be hyperpragmatic.
Why the otherworldly Icelandic artist believes in chasing achievable conservation goals. “I try to pick one thing that I will ...
Gabriela Hearst keeps pushing the edge of sustainability in fashion
Long before it became trendy in fashion circles, environmentalism was the guiding ethos in the designer’s work. “What am I going to do, another collection based on a ’70s icon?” ...