Nearly a century of prohibition in the Faroe Islands couldn't extinguish one family's brewing tradition. At their remote ...

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To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, we asked historians to share their favorite museums around the world.

The now-abandoned salt flats of South Caicos are getting some much-deserved attention from the island’s tourism industry.

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Years after a life-changing first visit, National Geographic photographer Pete Muller returns to explore the places—and ...

While probiotic supplements have been touted as a gut-health booster, recent research shows why three groups of people may ...

Small lizards in New Orleans have an “unprecedented” tolerance for the toxic heavy metal. How are they even alive?

What started as a 1960s school fundraiser in California became a nationwide escape into the past. Here’s the history behind ...

From Prince Edward Island to Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada’s eastern seaboard is a treasure trove of wild places filled ...

The xenotransplantation comes on the heels of recent transplants of pig hearts and kidneys into medical patients.

Plot a mini-adventure in Italy's great outdoors — whether you want to swim around Sardinia or circle Lake Garda by bike.