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National Geographic Magazine - December 2025
Pictures of the Year

2025: Pictures of the Year
From thousands of images made by our photographers all around the world, we present the ones that moved and inspired us most.

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National Geographic Magazine - November 2025
Harness The Stars

Can this Sherpa change mountain climbing forever?
Last year, at age 18, Nima Rinji Sherpa became the youngest climber to summit the world’s 14 tallest peaks. His next challenge is even trickier: Overturning old ideas about the roles Sherpas play—and how pro climbers are anointed.

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National Geographic Magazine - October 2025
Melanistic Tigers

The curious case of the tigers who changed their stripes
A century ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic collapse.

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National Geographic Magazine - September 2025 Moon 2150

The daredevils who keep Lagos moving
In the Nigerian metropolis, motorcycle taxi drivers contend with harassment, chaotic streets, and gnarly accidents. But without them, the city of 20 million would grind to a halt.

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National Geographic Magazine - August 2025
The Hidden World of Cave Dwellers

A century ago, there was a race to make the first color photos. Now there’s a race to save them.
The revolutionary invention of autochromes changed photography. As those pictures decay, they're revealing a new kind of beauty.

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National Geographic Magazine - July 2025
Misshapes and Misfits

There’s a 10,000-person wait list to search for riches in London’s Thames
Mudlarking had long been a niche hobby. Then influencers discovered it.

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National Geographic Magazine - June 2025
Xenotransplantation

Could beavers be the secret to winning the fight against wildfires?
First, they were pelts, then pests. But now they are emerging as something else: climate heroes.

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National Geographic Magazine - May 2025
Secrets of the Penguin

How Antarctica’s penguins became nature’s daredevils

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to adapt to one of the world’s most extreme environments.

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National Geographic Magazine - April 2025
Starlings

What are birds doing when they fly in swarms? Scientists may now know.

For centuries, researchers have pondered how starlings travel in those gorgeous shape-shifting clouds. The answers continue to surprise them.

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National Geographic Magazine - March 2025
Viking New Hero

The Viking age is welcoming a new kind of hero: womenNew discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

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National Geographic Magazine - February 2025
Redwood Ants

These ants are saving our forests — by spraying acid everywhere
The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

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