Giant Ant Hill Excavated
AdultsAnimalsEnvironmentNature...A giant ant colony is pumped full of concrete, then excavated to reveal the complexity of its inner structure.
Nature's 3D Printer: MIND BLOWING Cocoon in Rainforest
AdultsAnimalsNaturePhotography...What is your theory about why there are holes in the cocoon?
Fish With Transparent Head Filmed
AdultsAnimalsNatureBiology...For the first time, a large Pacific barreleye fish - complete with transparent head - has been caught on film by scientists using remotely operated vehicles at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. The deep-sea fish's tubular eyes pivot under a clear dome.
Face-Off With a Deadly Predator
AdultsAnimalsNaturePhotography...Paul Nicklen describes his most amazing experience as a National Geographic photographer - coming face-to-face with one of Antarctica's most vicious predators.
FLIP marine research vessel
AdultsEnvironmentNatureTechnology...The FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform) is a research vessel that can rotate to a vertical position. It is currently owned by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Patagonia ambassador Kimi Werner strives to find her place in the ecosystem.
AdultsAnimalsNatureEnvironment...In Variables, Patagonia ambassador Kimi Werner strives to find her place in the ecosystem. She treads the line between predator and prey - eventually discovering balance in an unlikely place.
Birds-of-Paradise Project
AdultsAnimalsNatureScience...This fall, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Geographic are bringing the Birds-of-Paradise Project to the public. Get an advance look now...and witness diverse strategies of evolution at work and experience one of nature's extraordinary wonders - up close.
CHASING ICE captures largest glacier calving ever filmed
AdultsFilmNatureEnvironment...On May 28, 2008, Adam LeWinter and Director Jeff Orlowski filmed a historic breakup at the Ilulissat Glacier in Western Greenland. The calving event lasted for 75 minutes and the glacier retreated a full mile across a calving face three miles wide. The height of the ice is about 3,000 feet, 300-400 feet above water and the rest below water.
Google Maps Panoramic Imagery
AdultsBusinessTechnologyTravel...Google Maps is releasing panoramic imagery of one of the world's most spectacular national monuments: the Grand Canyon. These Street View images cover more than 75 miles of trails and surrounding roads, making our map of this area even more comprehensive, accurate and easy to use than ever before.
Amazing Avian Evolution
AdultsAnimalsNaturePhotography...All 39 species of New Guinea's spectacular birds of paradise have now been captured on film by renowned photographer Tim Laman and ornithologist Ed Scholes.
The kakapo : A rare Bird
AdultsAnimalsNatureEnvironment...The kakapo is a large, flightless parrot from New Zealand and one of the rarest birds of all, with only 124 individuals alive today. The main reason for its decline is predation by introduced mammals, particularly feral cats.
Tornado Crosses Kansas Highway
AdultsNatureWeatherNatural DisastersVideo of a strong tornado crossing State Highway 4, just north of Langley, Kansas, southwest of Salina, Kansas on April 14, 2012. Tim Samaras is a National Geographic Explorer and severe storms researcher.
First underwater panoramas in Google Maps
AdultsAnimalsNatureTechnology...We've added the very first underwater panoramic images to Google Maps, the next step in our quest to provide people with the most comprehensive, accurate and usable map of the world. With these vibrant and stunning photos you don't have to be a scuba diver-or even know how to swim-to explore and experience six of the ocean's most incredible living coral reefs. Now, anyone can become the next virtual Jacques Cousteau and dive with sea turtles, fish and manta rays in Australia and Hawaii. Check it out