National Geographic

Explore the classic beauty of the City of Light.

The presence of magma does not necessarily mean an eruption is in the volcano’s future, but it calls attention to the potential hazards of overlooked volcanoes that have quietly simmered for tens of thousands of years.

Big changes to farming and how we produce food are needed in order to support a global population of nearly 10 billion by 2050.

In 1961, President John F. Kennedy delivered a stirring speech that spurred the transformation of a sleepy 72-mile stretch of Florida coastline into the nation's Space Coast.

Bowls made of mushrooms, cups fashioned from seaweed, straws made of sugar: Designers are creating ephemeral alternatives to plastic food packaging.

From glowing lava flows and earth-shaking tremors to wind, rain, and waves, the forces that shaped our planet are fully on display on the Big Island.

Within 60 years, hot days in the U.S. could be so intense that the current heat index can’t measure them.