Space Pictures This Week: Vibrant Lagoon, Mock MarsMay 06, 2011 – A nebula swirls with color, a Mars mission gets a trial run, satellites see a Russian eruption, and more in the week's best space pictures.
Space Pictures This Week: Galaxy Tendrils, Star GlobJune 17, 2011 – Hubble sees a cosmic briar patch, a supernova shows its age, volcanic ash spews over Chile, and more in this week's best space pictures.
Space Pictures This Week: Volcanic Vortices and Asteroid FamiliesJune 01, 2013 – An asteroid family is born and a nebula reveals its secrets in this week's best new space pictures.
Space Pictures This Week: Star Jets, Saturn MoonsApril 08, 2011 – A nebula "party" shines in infrared, a star makes twin jets, colors swirl off the French coast, and more in the week's best space pictures.
Adventure Town: Sisters, OregonAugust 09, 2011 – Plan a long weekend getaway with our Sisters adventure guide, featuring great outdoor escapes, where to stay, and where to eat. Then chime in with your picks.
Pictures: Mount Etna Erupts OvernightJanuary 16, 2011 – See this week's explosive nighttime spectacle from Europe's most active volcano—plus classic pictures from years, and centuries, gone by.
Galápagos Monday: Lynn’s TortoisesJune 18, 2012 – Every Monday for the next six weeks I’ll be posting about my recent trip to the Galápagos. After a week on a big boat, hopping from one imposing volcanic island to the next, I saw most of the odd creatures that Charles Darwin famously wrote about: century-old tortoises, finches with beaks of all sizes, swimming […]
Galápagos Monday: Southern InhospitalityJune 25, 2012 – This is the second installment of a six-week series about my recent trip to the Galápagos. You can read my first post, about tortoises and donkeys, here. At dawn on June 6, more than 30 years after Lynn was chasing tortoises at the top of Alcedo, our boat anchored near the volcano’s base in Urbina Bay. By […]
Book Review: Catastrophes!April 20, 2011 – When I visited Yellowstone two summers ago, the immense “supervolcano” percolating under the national park was a near-constant topic of conversation at the nightly campfire lectures. A 2005 BBC/Discovery drama was the reason why. Inspired by the real existence of the Yellowstone Caldera – which shaped the region through numerous eruptions over the past 17 […]
Antarctica's Buried Mountains Revealed By Sharpest Map YetJune 07, 2013 – Buried under miles of ice, Antarctica's mysterious mountain ranges are coming into sharper focus thanks to a new map.
Yellowstone: Supervolcano: What Lies Beneath the ParkAugust 01, 2009 – National Geographic stories take you on a journey that's always enlightening, often surprising, and unfailingly fascinating.
Etna National Park, ItalyApril 08, 2011 – Get facts, photos, and travel tips for Etna National Park in Italy from National Geographic.
Yellowstone Has Bulged as Magma Pocket SwellsJanuary 21, 2011 – Some parts of the ground around Yellowstone's simmering supervolcano rose by ten inches between 2004 and 2010, experts report.
The Kauai CoastSeptember 24, 2012 – I am drawn to the uninhabited places of the world, a kind of strange pull on my person which is likely what led me to Antarctica, to the middle of the Atlantic, and way out Woop Woop. In Hawaii, my search for wilderness took me to Kauai, Hawaii’s Garden Island, a place so steep and…
Visions of Earth—Beauty, Majesty, WonderJune 03, 2012 – See the world through a photographer’s eyes with this Visions of Earth gallery.
Best National Park Adventures for KidsMarch 01, 2013 – You want to take your kids on an unforgettable adventure in one of our spectacular national parks—but which one? In his new book, 100 Places That Can Change Your Child's Life, editor, author, and dad Keith Bellows names the best parks for families—and much more. See his 11 park picks below, then get more expert tips and travel destinations in the book.