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One trip to Italy is never enough. @StanleyTucci returns for a second season of #TucciinItaly to explore 5 new regions, diving deeper into the food, people and traditions that define Italy.

Don't miss the all-new season of #TucciInItaly, premiering May 11 at 9/8c on @natgeotv. Streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

There are millions of plant and animal species on our planet, but only three rock types: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. They're all around us—where do they come from and how do they form? 🪨

Become a backyard geologist with our Wonder Lessons to learn all about rocks, starting with how they form at the link in bio.

Photograph by Will Matsuda, National Geographic

Warning: Don’t watch if you’re hungry!

A new season of #TucciInItaly is now streaming on @DisneyPlus and @hulu.

They make up around half of the world’s wild tiger population, but there's still a lot that people don’t know about Bengal tigers. Discover five facts about these wild-for-water felines.

On a cold, crisp winter morning at Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India, three spotted owlets sat pressed together on a tree perch, turning companionship into a survival strategy. Photographed on January 29, 2026, during a birding expedition with fellow photographers, the forest felt hushed, as if pausing to witness their quiet bond. In that shared stillness, the owlets seemed to whisper an old winter story of warmth and trust.

This photo by @navile.shroff.photography is from our @natgeoyourshot community.

A tardigrade is difficult to see without magnification, yet it lives in moss growing in everyday places. With a soaked sample and a microscope, you can observe these tiny—but giant in their own world—animals crawl around. Nat Geo Explorer @arielwaldman shares more fascinating details about these microwildlife species.

There's nothing like motherly love, whether among humans, Asiatic lions, or any other species 💛

Want to learn more about the last Asiatic lions and the efforts to save them? Head to the link in bio.

Video by Nimit Pandya (@nimit654)

A wolf pack takes on an elk five times their size—but strength alone won’t be enough to succeed.

#WildYellowstone is now streaming on @DisneyPlus.

When lava meets the ocean, two great forces collide—and the results are nothing short of explosive.

#WildHawaii is streaming on @DisneyPlus.

Photos by @joelsartore | Seeing a spotted bat in person is a very rare thing, so when one finally came into human care recently at Arizona Bat Rescue, I jumped at the chance to add it to the Photo Ark. Small and secretive, they're said to have the largest ears of any North American bat species—up to an inch and a half!

Arizona Bat Rescue's teams do amazing work in helping dozens of injured and orphaned bats in the state return to the wild each year. They know that bats are not only smart and personable but also very helpful with pollination and natural insect control. Photos taken @azbatrescue. To see more species featured in the Photo Ark, follow me @joelsartore. #PhotoArk

Photos by @joelsartore | Seeing a spotted bat in person is a very rare thing, so when one finally came into human care recently at Arizona Bat Rescue, I jumped at the chance to add it to the Photo Ark. Small and secretive, they're said to have the largest ears of any North American bat species—up to an inch and a half!

Arizona Bat Rescue's teams do amazing work in helping dozens of injured and orphaned bats in the state return to the wild each year. They know that bats are not only smart and personable but also very helpful with pollination and natural insect control. Photos taken @azbatrescue. To see more species featured in the Photo Ark, follow me @joelsartore. #PhotoArk

Photos by @joelsartore | Seeing a spotted bat in person is a very rare thing, so when one finally came into human care recently at Arizona Bat Rescue, I jumped at the chance to add it to the Photo Ark. Small and secretive, they're said to have the largest ears of any North American bat species—up to an inch and a half!

Arizona Bat Rescue's teams do amazing work in helping dozens of injured and orphaned bats in the state return to the wild each year. They know that bats are not only smart and personable but also very helpful with pollination and natural insect control. Photos taken @azbatrescue. To see more species featured in the Photo Ark, follow me @joelsartore. #PhotoArk

South Sudan is covered in vast and fertile floodplains, savannas, and grasslands. But due to decades of brutal conflict, the country’s natural wonders have largely remained a secret to the outside world.

A short peace agreement in 2007 finally gave scientists a window to conduct a brief aerial survey of the landscape. What they found was extraordinary: seemingly endless herds of animals traversing the grasslands in an unbroken stream. Each year, millions of antelope move in a sweeping circuit across southeastern South Sudan.

More recent aerial counts conducted by the conservation nonprofit @africanparksnetwork indicate the population approaches six million—the largest land mammal migration on Earth. Today the relative peace in the region has brought new pressures, as people looking to restart their lives are expanding settlements, hunting bushmeat to feed their families and, in some places, weighing whether oil extraction might be a path to prosperity.

At this critical moment, an emerging corps of guardians is finding ways to keep the migration alive and provide its wildlife refuge in places like @boma_badingilo_southsudan.

Learn more at the link in bio.

Photos by @marcuswestbergphotography

South Sudan is covered in vast and fertile floodplains, savannas, and grasslands. But due to decades of brutal conflict, the country’s natural wonders have largely remained a secret to the outside world.

A short peace agreement in 2007 finally gave scientists a window to conduct a brief aerial survey of the landscape. What they found was extraordinary: seemingly endless herds of animals traversing the grasslands in an unbroken stream. Each year, millions of antelope move in a sweeping circuit across southeastern South Sudan.

More recent aerial counts conducted by the conservation nonprofit @africanparksnetwork indicate the population approaches six million—the largest land mammal migration on Earth. Today the relative peace in the region has brought new pressures, as people looking to restart their lives are expanding settlements, hunting bushmeat to feed their families and, in some places, weighing whether oil extraction might be a path to prosperity.

At this critical moment, an emerging corps of guardians is finding ways to keep the migration alive and provide its wildlife refuge in places like @boma_badingilo_southsudan.

Learn more at the link in bio.

Photos by @marcuswestbergphotography

South Sudan is covered in vast and fertile floodplains, savannas, and grasslands. But due to decades of brutal conflict, the country’s natural wonders have largely remained a secret to the outside world.

A short peace agreement in 2007 finally gave scientists a window to conduct a brief aerial survey of the landscape. What they found was extraordinary: seemingly endless herds of animals traversing the grasslands in an unbroken stream. Each year, millions of antelope move in a sweeping circuit across southeastern South Sudan.

More recent aerial counts conducted by the conservation nonprofit @africanparksnetwork indicate the population approaches six million—the largest land mammal migration on Earth. Today the relative peace in the region has brought new pressures, as people looking to restart their lives are expanding settlements, hunting bushmeat to feed their families and, in some places, weighing whether oil extraction might be a path to prosperity.

At this critical moment, an emerging corps of guardians is finding ways to keep the migration alive and provide its wildlife refuge in places like @boma_badingilo_southsudan.

Learn more at the link in bio.

Photos by @marcuswestbergphotography

South Sudan is covered in vast and fertile floodplains, savannas, and grasslands. But due to decades of brutal conflict, the country’s natural wonders have largely remained a secret to the outside world.

A short peace agreement in 2007 finally gave scientists a window to conduct a brief aerial survey of the landscape. What they found was extraordinary: seemingly endless herds of animals traversing the grasslands in an unbroken stream. Each year, millions of antelope move in a sweeping circuit across southeastern South Sudan.

More recent aerial counts conducted by the conservation nonprofit @africanparksnetwork indicate the population approaches six million—the largest land mammal migration on Earth. Today the relative peace in the region has brought new pressures, as people looking to restart their lives are expanding settlements, hunting bushmeat to feed their families and, in some places, weighing whether oil extraction might be a path to prosperity.

At this critical moment, an emerging corps of guardians is finding ways to keep the migration alive and provide its wildlife refuge in places like @boma_badingilo_southsudan.

Learn more at the link in bio.

Photos by @marcuswestbergphotography

South Sudan is covered in vast and fertile floodplains, savannas, and grasslands. But due to decades of brutal conflict, the country’s natural wonders have largely remained a secret to the outside world.

A short peace agreement in 2007 finally gave scientists a window to conduct a brief aerial survey of the landscape. What they found was extraordinary: seemingly endless herds of animals traversing the grasslands in an unbroken stream. Each year, millions of antelope move in a sweeping circuit across southeastern South Sudan.

More recent aerial counts conducted by the conservation nonprofit @africanparksnetwork indicate the population approaches six million—the largest land mammal migration on Earth. Today the relative peace in the region has brought new pressures, as people looking to restart their lives are expanding settlements, hunting bushmeat to feed their families and, in some places, weighing whether oil extraction might be a path to prosperity.

At this critical moment, an emerging corps of guardians is finding ways to keep the migration alive and provide its wildlife refuge in places like @boma_badingilo_southsudan.

Learn more at the link in bio.

Photos by @marcuswestbergphotography

South Sudan is covered in vast and fertile floodplains, savannas, and grasslands. But due to decades of brutal conflict, the country’s natural wonders have largely remained a secret to the outside world.

A short peace agreement in 2007 finally gave scientists a window to conduct a brief aerial survey of the landscape. What they found was extraordinary: seemingly endless herds of animals traversing the grasslands in an unbroken stream. Each year, millions of antelope move in a sweeping circuit across southeastern South Sudan.

More recent aerial counts conducted by the conservation nonprofit @africanparksnetwork indicate the population approaches six million—the largest land mammal migration on Earth. Today the relative peace in the region has brought new pressures, as people looking to restart their lives are expanding settlements, hunting bushmeat to feed their families and, in some places, weighing whether oil extraction might be a path to prosperity.

At this critical moment, an emerging corps of guardians is finding ways to keep the migration alive and provide its wildlife refuge in places like @boma_badingilo_southsudan.

Learn more at the link in bio.

Photos by @marcuswestbergphotography

South Sudan is covered in vast and fertile floodplains, savannas, and grasslands. But due to decades of brutal conflict, the country’s natural wonders have largely remained a secret to the outside world.

A short peace agreement in 2007 finally gave scientists a window to conduct a brief aerial survey of the landscape. What they found was extraordinary: seemingly endless herds of animals traversing the grasslands in an unbroken stream. Each year, millions of antelope move in a sweeping circuit across southeastern South Sudan.

More recent aerial counts conducted by the conservation nonprofit @africanparksnetwork indicate the population approaches six million—the largest land mammal migration on Earth. Today the relative peace in the region has brought new pressures, as people looking to restart their lives are expanding settlements, hunting bushmeat to feed their families and, in some places, weighing whether oil extraction might be a path to prosperity.

At this critical moment, an emerging corps of guardians is finding ways to keep the migration alive and provide its wildlife refuge in places like @boma_badingilo_southsudan.

Learn more at the link in bio.

Photos by @marcuswestbergphotography

South Sudan is covered in vast and fertile floodplains, savannas, and grasslands. But due to decades of brutal conflict, the country’s natural wonders have largely remained a secret to the outside world.

A short peace agreement in 2007 finally gave scientists a window to conduct a brief aerial survey of the landscape. What they found was extraordinary: seemingly endless herds of animals traversing the grasslands in an unbroken stream. Each year, millions of antelope move in a sweeping circuit across southeastern South Sudan.

More recent aerial counts conducted by the conservation nonprofit @africanparksnetwork indicate the population approaches six million—the largest land mammal migration on Earth. Today the relative peace in the region has brought new pressures, as people looking to restart their lives are expanding settlements, hunting bushmeat to feed their families and, in some places, weighing whether oil extraction might be a path to prosperity.

At this critical moment, an emerging corps of guardians is finding ways to keep the migration alive and provide its wildlife refuge in places like @boma_badingilo_southsudan.

Learn more at the link in bio.

Photos by @marcuswestbergphotography

South Sudan is covered in vast and fertile floodplains, savannas, and grasslands. But due to decades of brutal conflict, the country’s natural wonders have largely remained a secret to the outside world.

A short peace agreement in 2007 finally gave scientists a window to conduct a brief aerial survey of the landscape. What they found was extraordinary: seemingly endless herds of animals traversing the grasslands in an unbroken stream. Each year, millions of antelope move in a sweeping circuit across southeastern South Sudan.

More recent aerial counts conducted by the conservation nonprofit @africanparksnetwork indicate the population approaches six million—the largest land mammal migration on Earth. Today the relative peace in the region has brought new pressures, as people looking to restart their lives are expanding settlements, hunting bushmeat to feed their families and, in some places, weighing whether oil extraction might be a path to prosperity.

At this critical moment, an emerging corps of guardians is finding ways to keep the migration alive and provide its wildlife refuge in places like @boma_badingilo_southsudan.

Learn more at the link in bio.

Photos by @marcuswestbergphotography

South Sudan is covered in vast and fertile floodplains, savannas, and grasslands. But due to decades of brutal conflict, the country’s natural wonders have largely remained a secret to the outside world.

A short peace agreement in 2007 finally gave scientists a window to conduct a brief aerial survey of the landscape. What they found was extraordinary: seemingly endless herds of animals traversing the grasslands in an unbroken stream. Each year, millions of antelope move in a sweeping circuit across southeastern South Sudan.

More recent aerial counts conducted by the conservation nonprofit @africanparksnetwork indicate the population approaches six million—the largest land mammal migration on Earth. Today the relative peace in the region has brought new pressures, as people looking to restart their lives are expanding settlements, hunting bushmeat to feed their families and, in some places, weighing whether oil extraction might be a path to prosperity.

At this critical moment, an emerging corps of guardians is finding ways to keep the migration alive and provide its wildlife refuge in places like @boma_badingilo_southsudan.

Learn more at the link in bio.

Photos by @marcuswestbergphotography

These adorable nibbles are more than just affection. Grooming strengthens social bonds among meerkat clan members, which is vital to keeping the group safe from the numerous predators they face in the Kalahari Desert—and even rival meerkats.

Learn more about life in the meerkat world at the link in bio.

Video by @ottowhitehead