EXCLUSIVE: CNN and Nat Geo are teaming up for their latest international series, Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown.

Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown tells the powerful story of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in four gripping episodes.

Seaweed bathing in Ireland, a trek through Africa’s first designated wilderness quiet park—we asked National Geographic staff and contributors for their favorite places to escape the stress and noise ...

LOS ANGELES -- Will Smith has been a sensation in the entertainment world for decades, from a musician to a television and film actor, from an online creator to a National Geographic Explorer with ...

An electrical outage at Ukraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has taken spent fuel cooling systems offline, leading to a potential risk of overheating and the release of dangerous levels of ...

When the Chernobyl power plant explosion scattered ionizing radiation all over Europe, the damage it dealt lasted much longer than the initial blast. Researchers sequenced the genomes of Chernobyl ...

Research shows that delaying important tasks is often driven by how the brain processes stress and threat—not by poor time management or lack of discipline. Behaviors like procrastination and ...

For some U.S. residents, it can take a day or two to reach the nearest national park. And when you finally arrive—especially during the busy summer months and shoulder seasons—the parks are often too ...

Scientists are still untangling why the nutrient gap persists—and what it reveals about how women’s health is studied and treated. A woman lounges on a chair in the sun. Vitamin D is a crucial ...

Rising dramatically from the Atlantic Ocean floor around 23 million years ago, the Canary Islands were formed by volcanic activity that still shapes their landscape today. From the undulating, ...

From Yosemite’s Badger Pass to little-known slopes in Washington State and Ohio, three parks offer a rare chance to ski inside some of the country’s most protected landscapes. A backcountry skier ...

While excavating clay cylinders in Syria, archaeologists discovered a rare find: an early writing system. The script has given scholars the new challenge of reinvestigating the timeline of alphabetic ...