Planning an epic trip in 2026 but want to avoid some of the well-trod, over-touristed destinations around the world? Here are ...

As an air sign ruled by Mercury, the planet of travel and learning, you love vacation destinations that feel complex and interesting. It’s why Geminis want to navigate busy streets, try new foods, and ...

America's new top health diplomat is Bethany Kozma. The job she took on this week — leading the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Global Affairs — does not have a high profile. And ...

Agora challenged international photographers to participate in the #Animals2020 photo contest with their best shots of living creatures around the planet.

In the past few years, Athens became a place where refugees seeking a better future in Europe got stuck. Przemysław Witkowski gives a detailed insight in their world of despair, chaos, and misery.

Marula is a fruit native to the southern parts of Africa. It's the main ingredient for Amarula, a liqueur brand created in ...

The gift-giving season is upon us, which means the return of a popular holiday game: the White Elephant gift exchange. Whether you call it White Elephant, Yankee Swap or Dirty Santa, the premise of ...

Some Kenyans have protested after roaming elephants killed four people over the past week in what experts describe as human–wildlife conflict driven by scarcity of vegetation.

This story originally published in the September 2008 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. The biologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton is walking up on an ...

The white elephant gift exchange is a lovely and devious game of surprises, and I love every part of it, especially thinking up the best gift idea. Whether it’s the pour-over coffee maker that caused ...

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The secretive African forest elephant is coming out of the shadows. The latest IUCN assessment of the species, which lives in dense rainforest, concludes there are over 135,000 of them, 16 per cent ...