Meet Lynn Johnson, National Geographic Photographer and 2019 Eliza Scidmore Award Recipient
2019 Eliza Scidmore awardee Lynn Johnson shares how she uses photography to build understanding with others.
Explorers Festival 2019
Meet the Rolex National Geographic Explorers of the Year: The Okavango Wilderness Project Team
Since 2015, the Okavango Wilderness Project Team has explored, mapped and studied the Okavango Delta. In June 2019, they were presented with the Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year Award for their extensive studies in the region.
Tomas Diagne and Patrícia Medici Win 2019 National Geographic Society/Buffett Awards for Leadership in Conservation
Diagne and Medici were honored at the 2019 National Geographic Awards in Washington, D.C.
Day 3 of the Explorers Festival Wraps Up with Conversations that Celebrate Community and Catalyze Change
The final day of Explorers Festival wrapped up with groundbreaking news from Everest, the stories of women working in the field, and how new narratives of storytelling are the key to building a sustainable future.
Day 2 of the Explorers Festival Symposium Celebrated National Geographic’s Changemakers and Groundbreaking Conservation Movements
Day 2 of the Explorers Festival Symposium was dedicated to the preservation of our rich biodiversity and celebrating those who are working to create a planet in balance.
Press Releases
Everest Expedition Breaks Record With Installation of the World’s Highest Operating Weather Stations
From April to June 2019, an international team of scientists, climbers and storytellers, led by the National Geographic Society and Tribhuvan University and supported in partnership with Rolex, conducted a scientific expedition to Mount Everest, believed to be the most comprehensive ...
Day 1 of the Explorers Festival Symposium Ushers in a New Era of Exploration, Technology and Young Leaders
The first day of the Explorer's Festival Symposium introduced to the audience where the future of technology, conservation, and the next generation of changemakers were headed.
2019-2020 National Geographic Storytelling Fellows Announced
Today, the National Geographic Society is pleased to announce the selection of the 2019-2020 National Geographic Storytelling Fellows. These fellows, nominated by a global panel of experts and selected by a committee at the National Geographic Society, represent the fields ...
Message on a Bottle: How One Expedition Is Engaging Communities to Learn About Plastic Waste
The “Sea to Source: Ganges” expedition team is deploying wooden drift cards that mimic the flow of plastic waste from source to sea and engaging local communities to help track them.
Lessons From Okavango: Saving the Earth’s Strongholds of Biodiversity
Our world’s last remaining wild places are the treasuries of biodiversity and home to most of the world’s remaining wildlife, sustaining remnant communities of wildlife in marginal, degraded habitats through immigration or migration. We must act now to ...
Meet the National Geographic Fellow Working to Save the Sumatran Rhino
As part of the Society’s efforts to help save the Sumatran rhino before it’s too late, we’re working with conservationists like Rudi Putra, a National Geographic Fellow working in Indonesia to protect this critically endangered species. We ...
The Power of Convening: How Explorer Jonatha Giddens Became a Deep-sea Research Ecologist
Ocean explorer Bob Ballard inspired Jonatha Giddens to pursue a career in ocean ecology. 20 years later, they connected at National Geographic Explorers Festival in Washington, D.C.
Want to reduce single-use plastic in your life? Try these tips from National Geographic Explorer and #ExpeditionPlastic team member Lillygol Sedaghat.
We asked our @InsideNatGeo followers to share questions they have about the "Sea to Source: Ganges" expedition and how they can reduce single-use plastic in their lives- check out this post for answers from National Geographic Explorer, multimedia storyteller and ...
National Geographic Gilbert M. Grosvenor Educator of the Year Kavita Gupta: Pushing the Boundaries of Science Education
Learn more about Kavita Gupta, a chemistry teacher who will be honored with the National Geographic Gilbert M. Grosvenor Educator of the Year award in June 2019. Kavita sat down with National Geographic Chief Education Officer Vicki Phillips for an interview.
The National Geographic Explorers Festival: An Unparalleled Convening to Catalyze Change (June 8-14, 2019)
Learn about National Geographic's annual Explorers Festival and get a first look at the 2019 award recipients.