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HOW ALEX HONNOLD MADE THE ULTIMATE CLIMB—WITHOUT A ROPE

His stunning scramble up the 914-metre granite wall known as El Capitan, in less than 4 hours, came after meticulous planning and training.
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Everyday Explorer: Visit Britain

Tim Jarvis takes us across Britain’s most impressive landmarks. From hiking the rolling hills of Peak District to venturing 7 metres underground of bustling London and exploring Northumberland’s grand castles, there's so much of Great Britain to explore.
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New National Geographic Recycled iPET Luggage

Shop The Range With 30% off using NGO30 code

Strong, lightweight and made from recycled single-use plastics, this sustainable luggage range helps protect our oceans and marine life by removing bottles from the single-use cycle–saving energy, resources and reducing waste.
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NEW SCENIC LUXURY RIVER CRUISES LAUNCHED

Travel With Us

Explore exotic destinations by cruising the world’s greatest rivers linking grand cities, forgotten villages, and endless countryside with Scenic Luxury River Cruises. Gain unique insight from your National Geographic guides and photographers.
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TRAVEL WITH NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

We've been exploring the world for over 130 years. Now, you too can travel with National Geographic with expeditions covering land, air and sea. Find your ultimate trip or destination.
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Planet Or Plastic?

Take Your Pledge Now

National Geographic launches a multiyear initiative to reduce single-use plastics and their impact on the world’s oceans. Are you willing to choose the planet? Take your pledge now.
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NEW OCEAN EXPEDITONS LAUNCHED

Closer than you have ever imagined

Explore exotic destinations from PONANT’s luxury, small group cruise ships. Gain unique insight from your National Geographic guides, photographers and experts and support the National Geographic Society.

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Planet or Plastics? National Geographic launches a multiyear initiative to reduce single-use plastics and their impact on the world’s oceans.

Follow Video Beetles battle for a prized ball of dung January 17, 2019 - Two individuals fighting over a ball of dung sounds like a metaphor for a bad love triangle. But for dung beetles, it’s survival. Dung is a valuable resource, used as food and as a nursery for beetle babies. Each beetle is trying to throw the other off-balance. When one beetle is thrown off, balance it becomes vulnerable to injury because its wings are exposed. One species, the bull-headed dung beetle, has astounding strength for its size. They can pull up to 1,141 times their own weight. After each beetle takes a turn in control of the dung, one eventually concedes and scampers off.

Follow Video Jaguar Cubs Born in Argentina On June 6, 2018, a rare birth was celebrated at the Ibera National Park in Argentina. First-time Jaguar mother Tania gives birth to three cubs.

Follow Video Filming Valley Of The Boom "Let's make this show as disruptive as the guys who are making this technology" - Matthew Carnahan

Event An Evening With The World's Greatest Explorer

Direct from a sold-out UK tour, Sir Ranulph Fiennes will tour Australia in 2019 for the first time.

News Archaeology reveals Cold War nuclear bunkers in Poland

The clandestine sites were once home to hundreds of nuclear warheads—a lethal secret kept from the country's people.

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News Male hermit crabs evolved larger sex organs to avoid losing homes

A study suggests hermit crabs with more valuable, easily stolen shells have evolved larger penises to more safely mate.

Follow The typical nature photograph shows a butterfly on a pretty flower. The conservation photograph shows the same thing, but with a bulldozer coming at it in the background. Further Joel Sartore