Most caves are dark, quiet places filled with rock formations and underground tunnels. But hidden beneath the jungles of ...

From Jules Verne-inspired submarines to NASA-backed underwater habitats, the dream of an undersea civilization came closer ...

Robert Falcon Scott led an expedition aboard the ship ‘Terra Nova’ and Ernest Shackleton led one from the ship ‘Quest’—but ...

Community. That’s the word you’ll hear National Geographic Explorers emphasize when explaining what they love most about their work as Explorers. That’s because this community of scientists, ...

After nearly four years of construction, the National Geographic Museum of Exploration has reopened in Northwest D.C.

For the children who watched in darkened theaters as Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix flew through space in a tricked out Tilt-A-Whirl carriage, the 1985 coming-of-age adventure “Explorers” was a ...

A multinational group of explorers have discovered a city that has been left untouched for over 1,000 years ...

When James Beckwourth headed to California during the Gold Rush, he discovered, instead of riches, a pass through the Sierra Nevada. Around the time Florence Merriam graduated from Smith College in ...

For me, the most exciting figures have to be explorers because I believe that over the last century it’s exploration that’s had the most profound effect on the world around us and our place in it. — ...