http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/home National Geographic Magazine June 2013 Features http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/125-deepsea-challenge/cameron-text Travel along on a record-breaking descent to the deepest spot in the ocean. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/125-risk-takers/gwin-text Why do explorers put their physical self and their reputation in peril? The answer may surprise you. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/aboriginal-australians/finkel-text An Aboriginal village invited our writer to visit. "Anything I can bring?" The reply: "Dinner for 25." http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/125-everest-maxed-out/jenkins-text Our team saw how the mountain has become an icon for everything that's wrong with climbing. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/gorongosa-park/wilson-text Ravaged by war, Gorongosa Park is reborn. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/viking-whalers/smith-text Norway reserves the right to hunt minkes. But kids don't want to grow up to be whalers. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/longevity/hall-text Our genes harbor many secrets to a long and healthy life. And now scientists are beginning to uncover them. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/wrangel-island/sides-text Wrangel Island is a haven for wildlife, frozen in space and time http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/zimbabwe/fuller-text Oppression, Fear, and Courage in Zimbabwe http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/fertilized-world/charles-text If we don't watch out, agriculture could destroy our planet. Here's how to grow all the food we need with fewer chemicals. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/element-hunters/dunn-text All the elements found in nature—the different kinds of atoms—were found long ago. To bag a new one these days, and push the frontiers of matter, you have to create it first. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/05/chinas-grand-canal/johnson-text The 1,400-year-old Grand Canal is a monumental project that bound north and south China together. It's still in use today. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/species-revival/zimmer-text Reviving an extinct species is no longer a fantasy. Is it a good idea? http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/mammoth-tusks/larmer-text Remains of long-gone mammoths lie buried in Siberian tundra. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/explore/seeking-new-species Scientists have found 1.7 million. Millions more are undiscovered. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/exploration/risk-takers-gallery#/9 Barrington Irving wants to teach kids to explore the skies. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/delaware-national-park/goodheart-text A proposed park celebrates the Brandywine Valley and more. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/manatees/white-text We swim with it when legal, tune to its radio station, ponder its fate. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/europes-wild-men/shea-text They dress in bear heads and bells, and behave like beasts. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/04/mahogany/wallace-text Illegal loggers plunder Peru's forests for mahogany. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/bakken-shale-oil/dobb-text Fracking has brought thousands of wells and workers to North Dakota. At what cost? http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/night-gardens/newman-text Japanese cherry blossoms, French water lilies, and New York lindens, lit by the moon and stars http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/fuling-china/hessler-text Ten years after teaching English in Fuling, China, a former Peace Corps volunteer returns to a town transformed. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/bonobos/quammen-text The apes famous for making love aren’t as peace loving as we once thought. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/explore/citizen-scientists They count ladybugs, whale sharks, elephants http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/unmanned-flight/horgan-text Unmanned aircraft are poised to move from military arenas to U.S. highways and byways. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/ancient-libya/draper-text Libyans lived under a dictator who twisted their past. Now they must imagine their future. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/venom/holland-text Venom is nature's most efficient killer. Now we're discovering how it can cure as well. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/wakhan-corridor/finkel-text The nomads of Afghanistan's Wakhan corridor live in one of the world's most beautiful and unforgiving places. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/soccer-joy/berlin-text On fields throughout Africa determined kids turn plastic bags, old clothes, and shredded tires into beloved soccer balls. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/river-otters/nicolson-text Britain's otters were all but wiped out by chemicals leaching into rivers. Now they've made a comeback. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/restless-genes/dobbs-text Scientists are trying to learn what drove us out from Africa and on to the moon and beyond. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/space-exploration/folger-text To the stars. Do we have the right stuff to go? http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/yasuni-national-park/wallace-text Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park is home to a wealth of biodiversity ... and oil craved by developers. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/mawson-trek/roberts-text His companions died. Food was nearly gone. And Douglas Mawson still had 95 polar miles to go. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/microbes/wolfe-text We breathe in millions of microbes. But we’ve only just begun to study them. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/sequoias/quammen-text A tree-climbing scientist takes the measure of a 3,200-year-old, 247-foot-tall sequoia. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/gaza-tunnels/verini-text They're a death trap, a lifeline, and a symbol of the dreams of the 1.6 million beleaguered Gazans. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/birds-of-paradise/white-text It took eight years. But now every bird of paradise species has been photographed in the wild. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/methane/lavelle-text Is methane the fuel of the future ... or a climate bomb? http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/shamans/stern-text They are shamans--called by spirits to heal bodies, minds, and souls--and their numbers are growing. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/doggerland/spinney-text Thousands of years ago, rising tides swamped Doggerland. Now archaeologists are diving in. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/new-cuba/gorney-text The people respond to reforms with excitement, black humor, and a large dose of skepticism. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/emperor-penguins/hodges-text Scientists have discovered the secret of the emperor penguin's amazing underwater speed. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/vikings-and-indians/pringle-text A strange strand of yarn is helping uncover a lost chapter of New World history. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/sand-dunes/steinmetz-text In his wheelless paraglider, photographer George Steinmetz flies over deserts, guided by dunes. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/cheetahs/smith-text They're shy and delicately built. They can't roar. But the threatened cat is a shrewd survivor. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/arkansas-delta/bowden-text A VISTA volunteer, he made black friends, was beaten by whites. Now he and his camera return. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/10/ivory/christy-text A National Geographic investigation reveals a direct link between religion and ivory smuggling. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/10/leaves/dunn-text Sleek or prickly, waxy or spiny, pure green or silvery white ... why do they look the way they do? http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/10/rio/regalado-text With the Olympics coming in 2016, the city is spending millions to fix up its hillside slums. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/10/mesoamerican-reef/brower-text In this world, mangrove forests, sea grass beds, and coral reefs strike a delicate balance. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/10/mustang-caves/finkel-text Explorers scramble up cliffs to find out who created these ancient dwellings. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/10/wild-squatters/butler-text The people moved away from their cottages in a rural Finnish town. And the animals moved in. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/09/extreme-weather/miller-text Disastrous rains. No rain at all. Unexpected heat or cold. Is Earth's climate changing dangerously? http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/09/extreme-weather/sidebar-text The state has just suffered its driest 12 months. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/09/seamounts/stone-text They rise from the ocean floor, rarely explored by humans. A new expedition offers a close-up look. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/09/yemen/hammer-text Its old ruler is gone. The new challenge: coming to terms with rebels, refugees, and al Qaeda. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/09/roman-walls/curry-text Rome's walls helped set the outer limits of its power—and led to its downfall. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/09/wealthy-roma/oneill-text Don't call them Gypsies—a derogatory term. And don't expect any of them to live in caravans. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/08/pine-ridge/fuller-text Still deeply affected by the 1890 massacre, the Oglala Lakota find new hope in old ways. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/08/gannets/berlin-text The gannet can plunge into the sea at 70 miles an hour and go as deep as 50 feet. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/08/east-london/newman-text The "other London"—gritty, graffitied, but with a rising cool index—gets ready for its close-up as the venue of the Summer Olympics. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/08/chasing-lightning/johnson-text http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/08/tibetan-mushroom/finkel-text A medicinal fungus highly prized in China is fueling a boom on the Tibetan Plateau. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/easter-island/bloch-text How did the statues move? That question puzzles archaeologists--and modern-day islanders. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/epic-storms/berlin-text Is that a spaceship? Or a mushroom cloud? Or a strange skyscape whipped up by wild weather? http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/vanishing-languages/rymer-text A language goes silent every 14 days. That could mean the end for words like tradzy, azaac, khei-àt. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/mount-erebus/judson-text Weird microbes, possibly from Earth's bowels, thrive in the hot soil of an Antarctic volcano. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/07/russian-summer/newman-text At the dacha, the soul of Russia--and its cultural divide--is on display. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/field-test Catch a glimpse of stories to come in these daily dispatches from our photographers. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/wallpaper Decorate your desktop with beautiful images from this month's issue of the magazine. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/visions-of-earth/visions-earth-2012 Each month, National Geographic features breathtaking photographs in Visions of Earth. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/flashback/2012 A look at photos from our archives. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot Submit your photo, check out Your Shot jigsaw puzzles, and see reader photos that were recently published in National Geographic. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/myshot My Shot is your chance to have your own National Geographic web page. 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