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The Face of Seven Billion

The Face of Seven Billion Earth’s seven billion are depicted by 7,000 human figures, each representing a million people. View the interactive graphic

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A Season of Collisions

A Season of Collisions One 21-year-old defensive end took 537 hits to the head during a season of football games and practices at the University of North Carolina. Of those, [...]

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What’s in a Surname?

What’s in a Surname? America is a nation of Smiths, Johnsons, and Sullivans—but also of Garcias and Nguyens. Zoom in on the map below to see what surnames proliferate in [...]

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Breaking Fuel From the Rock

Breaking Fuel From the Rock View the interactive graphic

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Layers of Life – Interactive Graphic

Layers of Life – Interactive Graphic The Gulf of Mexico’s wealth of habitats make it one of the world’s most ecologically and economically productive bodies of water. Oysters support a [...]

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Royal Relations

Royal Relations – Interactive Graphic Genetic testing on 11 mummies revealed the remains of Tut’s parents, who were brother and sister. Tut’s father is very likely Akhenaten. The identity of [...]

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Go West Across America with Lewis & Clark

Go West Across America with Lewis & Clark It is 1804. U.S. President Thomas Jefferson has asked Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition across western North America—unknown territory for all [...]

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Our Solar System

Our Solar System From our small world we have gazed upon the cosmic ocean for thousands of years. Ancient astronomers observed points of light that appeared to move among the [...]

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How Much H20 is Embedded in Everyday Life?

How Much H20 is Embedded in Everyday Life? You might be surprised at how much water it takes to bring that hamburger to your plate or to make your favorite [...]

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The Bionic Body

The Bionic Body View the interactive graphic

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Vital Statistics

Vital Statistics Map and compare global trends. Explore related essays, photo galleries, and information graphics. View the project

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The Human Family Tree

The Human Family Tree Queens, New York is only one small corner of the world, but it is diverse and represents the sum of our human journey so far. Watch [...]

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Crittercam

National Geographic’s Remote Imaging Team Needs You! We work with researchers around the world to tackle conservation mysteries and other scientific puzzles. To do so, we custom-design a Crittercam for [...]

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Xpedition Hall

Xpedition Hall Welcome to the interactive “museum” that takes you on geography journeys. Here you’ll climb a mountain, hover over the Earth, speed across Europe, visit an archeological dig, and [...]

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North Pole Exploration Quiz

North Pole Exploration Quiz Take our ten-question quiz on an area that has captivated generations of explorers—the North Pole. View the interactive quiz

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The Khmer Empire

The Khmer Empire – Cambodia’s Medieval Splendor At its height in the 13th century, Greater Angkor was the most extensive urban complex in the preindustrial world. Explore the living landscape [...]

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Kingdom of the Blue Whale

Kingdom of the Blue Whale Supported by the National Geographic Society, the world’s eminent blue whale scientists embark on a revolutionary mission: They’ll find, identify, and tag California blue whales, [...]

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Stages of Stonehenge

Stages of Stonehenge Explore Stonehenge’s evolution from earth barrows and mounds to bluestone monoliths. View the interactive graphics

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Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure

Sea Monsters: Interactive Timeline Explore the Age of Sea Monsters and meet these prehistoric denizens of the deep. View the interactive timeline

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Human Evolutionary Highway

Human Evolutionary Highway – Small Skulls, Big Milestones Use the Locator Map to identify the locations of significant hominin finds, represented by the skulls in the time line above. Click [...]

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