While We Sleep, Our Mind Goes on an Amazing Journey

Photographs by Magnus Wennman

Are museums celebrating cultural heritage–or clinging to stolen treasure?

Photographs by Richard Barnes

These creatures of the 'twilight zone' are vital to our oceans

Photographs by David Liittschwager

‘They emanate light’: Illuminating the lives of Mexico’s Indigenous people

Photographs by Yael Martinez as part of a National Geographic collaboration with For Freedoms

As Appalachian hospitals disappear, rural Americans grapple with limited care

Photographs by Stacy Kranitz

What are animals thinking? They feel empathy, grieve, seek joy just like us.

Assignment photography by: Jasper Doest, Evgenia Arbugaeva, Paolo Verzone, and Vincent J. Musi

We rallied to save manatees once. Can we do it again?

Photographs by Erika Larsen and Jason Gulley

How Puerto Rico is grappling with its past—to reshape its future

Photographs by Christopher Gregory-Rivera

Appalachian snake handlers put their faith in God—and increasingly, doctors

Photographs by Stacy Kranitz

How Pandemics Change Us

Visual research & editing with images sourced from historical archives and present-day photographers.

We rallied to save manatees once. Can we do it again?

Photograph by Erika Larsen

What do we owe former lab chimps?

Photographs by Annie Marie Musselman

Human-hippo conflicts are exploding in this pristine patch of Kenya

Photographs by Brian Otieno

The high-stakes quest to save a behemoth, croaking fish

Photographs by Kirsten Luce

Reports of raptor killings soared during the U.K.'s lockdown

Photographs by Anastasia Taylor-Lind

Amid the Rubble, Syrian Cities Seek a Postwar Normalcy

Syria’s civil war obliterated their neighborhoods. Now, as Assad’s government tightens its control, the challenge is to rebuild.

Photographs bySebastián Liste

Edited in collaboration with Mallory Benedict

While We Sleep, Our Mind Goes on an Amazing Journey

Photographs by Magnus Wennman

Are museums celebrating cultural heritage–or clinging to stolen treasure?

Photographs by Richard Barnes

These creatures of the 'twilight zone' are vital to our oceans

Photographs by David Liittschwager

‘They emanate light’: Illuminating the lives of Mexico’s Indigenous people

Photographs by Yael Martinez as part of a National Geographic collaboration with For Freedoms

As Appalachian hospitals disappear, rural Americans grapple with limited care

Photographs by Stacy Kranitz

What are animals thinking? They feel empathy, grieve, seek joy just like us.

Assignment photography by: Jasper Doest, Evgenia Arbugaeva, Paolo Verzone, and Vincent J. Musi

We rallied to save manatees once. Can we do it again?

Photographs by Erika Larsen and Jason Gulley

How Puerto Rico is grappling with its past—to reshape its future

Photographs by Christopher Gregory-Rivera

Appalachian snake handlers put their faith in God—and increasingly, doctors

Photographs by Stacy Kranitz

How Pandemics Change Us

Visual research & editing with images sourced from historical archives and present-day photographers.

We rallied to save manatees once. Can we do it again?

Photograph by Erika Larsen

What do we owe former lab chimps?

Photographs by Annie Marie Musselman

Human-hippo conflicts are exploding in this pristine patch of Kenya

Photographs by Brian Otieno

The high-stakes quest to save a behemoth, croaking fish

Photographs by Kirsten Luce

Reports of raptor killings soared during the U.K.'s lockdown

Photographs by Anastasia Taylor-Lind

Amid the Rubble, Syrian Cities Seek a Postwar Normalcy

Syria’s civil war obliterated their neighborhoods. Now, as Assad’s government tightens its control, the challenge is to rebuild.

Photographs bySebastián Liste

Edited in collaboration with Mallory Benedict