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New National Geographic Recycled iPET Luggage

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MARS 2 Returns

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NEW SCENIC LUXURY RIVER CRUISES LAUNCHED

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Planet Or Plastic?

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NEW OCEAN EXPEDITONS LAUNCHED

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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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MARS 2 Returns

Premieres Wednesday 9.30pm AEDT/NZDT

Dubbed impressive, inspiring and scientifically honest by critics. It's 2042 when the International Mars Science Foundation astronauts have developed a fully-fledged colony.
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NEW SCENIC LUXURY RIVER CRUISES LAUNCHED

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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?

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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

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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.

Follow Video Starstruck Join us as we embark on Starstruck: a yearlong celebration of space. Starstruck is a wonder-inducing, intergalactic journey, exploring the past, present, and future of space across our storytelling, experience, and travel platforms. Culminating with the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing next July, Starstruck will rally around the spirit of space exploration, and the nostalgia, curiosity, and feeling of limitless possibility that it brings. We want to inspire people to “look up” by bringing the awe and wonder of space to audiences around the world.

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Follow Video Interview With Vanessa Hushen Why turn recycled plastic bottles into luggage? We asked the creator of our new National Geographic Recycled iPet Luggage range.

Interview With Vanessa Hushen

Follow Video Plastic Free Tips From Vanessa How can you help reduce your need for single-use plastic? The creator of our recycled iPET luggage range gives us a few tips.

Plastic Free Tips From Vanessa

Follow Video Watch the incredible origami-like wings of the earwig unfurl November 12, 2018 – This is an earwig, a ground-dwelling insect with an extraordinary ability. Though it doesn’t often fly, it’s equipped with origami-like wings. The rear wings are remarkably compact when folded under the small, leathery forewings. When they open, the wings are ten times larger than the folded size. The open wings lock into place and remain stable—without the use of muscle power. An elastic, spring-like wing joint allows this stability. Researchers are attempting to replicate the earwig wing folds. The complex folds and efficient mechanics could have many applications, including folded tents, maps, and foldable electronics.

Watch the incredible origami-like wings of the earwig unfurl

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These animals eat absurd amounts of food

News These animals eat absurd amounts of food

Humans on Thanksgiving are no match for these extreme eaters, like hummingbirds, who eat twice their body weight in a day.

Follow Photos TOUR SOME OF THE MASSIVE GALAXIES OF OUR UNIVERSE

TOUR SOME OF THE MASSIVE GALAXIES OF OUR UNIVERSE

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How DNA from snow helps scientists track elusive animals

News How DNA from snow helps scientists track elusive animals

Researchers are using environmental DNA to help monitor and measure populations of rare snow-dwelling species like Canadian lynx.

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Calling in the Hotshots

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A Few Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About Thanksgiving

News A Few Things You (Probably) Don’t Know About Thanksgiving

The pilgrims stole from graves, the Wampanoag were devastated by disease, and the peace between them was political.

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Rising seas give island nation a stark choice: relocate or elevate

News Rising seas give island nation a stark choice: relocate or elevate

Climate change means the low-lying Marshall Islands must consider drastic measures, including building new artificial islands.

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