National Geographic News
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What does the future hold for the planet? There are myriad possibilities and some of this in our hands. A new docudrama from National Geographic shines a light on the year one million for a round of speculation and debate.
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"The fossil fuel industry is the biggest industry in the world," billionaire SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an interview for the National Geographic documentary "Before the Flood."
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We've all heard that spider mating rituals are fraught with danger, especially for the males. Sometimes the female gets the munchies afterward, and he turns into a snack. Sometimes the male "castrates" himself, plugging the female to stop future mating.
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The trap-jaw ant has earned the reputation of making short work of its prey. With herculean, spring-loaded mandibles, it crushes its prey with ease and defends its nests.
Scientists have recently discovered it has another nifty use for those jaws.
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For more than 60 million years, enormous predatory birds, often called "terror birds" dominated South America.
Now, a recent find of a previously unknown species in Argentina sheds light on how these birds vocalized — and possibly hunted their prey.
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While searching for the fabled "White City," or the "City of the Monkey God," rumored to be located in a remote part of the Mosquitia rain forest in Honduras, an archaeological team instead found the remains of a an unknown civilization.
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For millions of years, sea turtles have navigated the oceans to return to their birthplace to excavate nests and lay eggs. Scientists have long been mystified because it wasn't known how they did this.
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Zimbabwe's Hwangwe National Park plans to sell elephants for as much as $40,000 each because it needs the money to run the park, officials say.
The park plans to sell more than 60 elephants to buyers in China, France, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Groundhogs might be cute, round, and fuzzy, but don't let that warm and cuddly exterior fool you. Inside lurks a merciless biter as one New Jersey couple found out.
Gary McGrath and his wife were going about their day when they met IT. Groundhogzilla.
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Oh sure, meerkats look cute and cuddly — and they are, but when it comes to certain aspects of their lives, these pint-sized critters can be rather ruthless, scientists have found.
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When most of us celebrate the New Year, opossums don't usually come to mind. However, in North Carolina and other areas in the South, some people think differently than we do.
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With unprecedented global warming occurring worldwide, there are more than enough problems to go around. Now, evidence suggests there’s another unpleasant change that we will likely have to deal with.
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Kryptodrakon progenitor, discovered in China, is the earliest known and most primitive pterosaur found to date, and the creature holds a few surprises.
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A newly planned dolphin aquarium in Souq Waqif, Qatar, lied about a National Geographic sponsorship and then launched an incredible display of bad PR.
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A new temporary lease dolphin show run by Ukrainian company NEMO or Nerum LLC, is opening in Qatar. According to the show, National Geographic is sponsoring their endeavors, despite NEMO's import of dolphins captured in the Taiji dolphin drives.
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A surfer fisherman in Nantucket, MA wrestled a shark off-shore after catching it in his fishing line this week. He released it, but only did so after capturing the fight on YouTube.
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Virology isn’t a subject for the weak-minded. The world’s most changeable forms of life keep coming up with new tricks, and this one, an actual arsenal of immune capability of viruses against immune responses, is a real eyeopener.
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Some news outlets understand the value of social media. For months, iconic magazine National Geographic has been wowing its 984,000 fans on Instagram, where their photos feature breath-taking views of animals, people and places across the world.
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Cheetahs can reach top speeds of 64 miles per hour, which makes capturing the grace and speed of such an animal on camera a spectacular feat.
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Scientists are showing us what other mammals look like in the womb, thanks to revolutionary four-dimensional scanning technology. Here are the top five photos of animals in their mothers' wombs.
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Stunning images showing the legendary wreck of RMS Titanic are to be published in April's edition of National Geographic Magazine.
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Photo and video analyst for Mutual UFO Network Marc Dantonio created a "quadcopter" for an upcoming National Geographic special, "The Truth Behind UFOs." The purpose was to show how technology can fool anyone into thinking they are seeing a real UFO.
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An albino fetal cyclops shark, born with one eye, has been authenticated by scientists who examined the creepy but cute creature after it was caught by a commercial fisherman in the Gulf of California.
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National Geographic Society's explorers-in-residence believe lions could become extinct in 15 years. Award-winning film-makers and conservationists Beverly and Dereck Joubert have been studying threatened big cats in Africa for 30 years.
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Indigenous leaders and local officials have stopped a plan by the National Geographic Society that would have allowed its geneticists to collect DNA samples from the Q’eros, a remote Peruvian tribe believed to have descended from the first Inca.
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National Geographic photographer Gerd Ludwig is determined the world’s worst nuclear accident should not be forgotten. And is returning to Chernobyl 25 years on to photograph the site and people who live and work there.
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At least a dozen previously unidentified (scientifically) animals were found in the Foja Mountains of New Guinea, an area called the 'lost world.'
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A survey conducted by the National Geographic Scoiety and GlobeScan has showed that Indians are nature's best friends, followed by Brazil and China. The least scorers were Americans, Canadians and Japanese.
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The non-profit National Geographic Society will soon start its for-profit company, National Geographic Ventures, and will create video games with geography themes.
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Genetic scientists warn that redheads are a dying breed; soon they will become extinct in the next 100 years. National Geographic magazine reports that less than two percent of the world’s population has the natural red hair.
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Topavon basecamp below Mount Shivling and Mount Meru. Via National Geographic Instagram feed
Dereck and Beverly Joubert have dedicated their lives to photographing and filming big cats. Photo courtesy of Beverly and Dereck Joubert
A goliath grouper sheltering in a shipwreck off of the coast of Florida. National Geographic
Machimosaurus rex, crocodilian terror of Jurassic and Cretaceous seas. YouTube National Geographic
Camel trainers scatter after releasing their racing camels at a track in Abu Dhabi. Via National Geographic Instagram feed
Wild dog cubs play fighting in Ol Pejata Conservancy, Kenya Via National Geographic Instagram feed
A Giant River Otter swims amid rain forest reflections in Anangu Creek in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador. Via National Geographic Instagram feed
Glowing sea life in the nighttime waters of the Solomon Islands. YouTube screen grab National Geographic
Inside a cave in Oman Via National Geographic Instagram feed
Yosemite Tuolumne River Copyright © 2011 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.
YEAR MILLION weaves a thrilling – sometimes frightening – depiction of how we’ve used innovative science to create technology that will soon surpass our intelligence - and perhaps exist beyond our control. National Geographic
The mountain lion that lives on Hollywood's wild side. BBC World News
A National Geographic film crew captures a sprinting Cheetah on film. Screen Capture
High lining above a raging 2000ft waterfall in Yosemite. From the National Geographic Instagram account. Via National Geographic Instagram feed
Boreal Forest North of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada Via National Geographic Instagram feed
Fog rolls into the Tellico River Valley in Tennessee Via National Geographic Instagram feed
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