To unearth the secrets of an ancient human relative, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger had to squeeze through a chute seven and a half inches wide—the length of a pencil. Fossils from the Rising Star ...

For decades, highly skilled cavers have come to Mexico to explore Cheve, a labyrinth within a mountain. After a steep subterranean climb, caver Corey Hackley was surprised to find an enormous passage, ...

In Belize’s Actun Tunichil Muknal cave, a sacred Maya site, plants grow in darkness, sparking concerns about how tourism affects its fragile ecosystem. In Belize’s Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) cave, a ...

Beneath the island’s rainforest, explorers search for new discoveries deep within some of the Earth’s largest, longest, and wildest caves. At dusk, a swarm of bats disperses to hunt in the rainforest ...

A painting made inside a cave in Mexico, which houses art made centuries ago, has been carved from the wall by looters with an electric saw, archaeologists said. The cave, known as La Cueva Pinta, is ...

Paleoanthropologist and National Geographic Explorer in Residence Lee Berger and a large team of scientists recently announced the discovery of what is being interpreted as graves or burials made by ...

Ephedra seeds found in an ancient burial pit may be the earliest evidence yet for the medicinal use of plants. Stone Age people once occupied a cave called Grotte des Pigeons near Taforalt in the ...

The National Geographic Enduance carries passengers to Antarctica. Somewhere at the bottom of the earth, in the middle of the Drake Passage, giant waves crash against the National Geographic Endurance ...