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1 month ago | 
nationalgeographic.com | Hicks Wogan
With daylight stretching longer and outdoor temperatures ticking upward, spring is in the air. Plants across the United States are quickening their growth, sprouting leaves and flowers as they revive the landscape. Spring will provide chances to admire the colorful transformation. Below are a few of the best places and times to witness the dramatic beauty of flowers in bloom.
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2 months ago | 
flipboard.com | Hicks Wogan
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2 months ago | 
nationalgeographic.com | Hicks Wogan
The average chicken egg can fit comfortably in the palm of your hand. This rare, fossilized specimen from National Geographic’s historical collection is more than 100 times larger. At just over a foot long and nine inches in diameter, the intact egg belonged to an elephant bird (Aepyornis maximus), a flightless herbivore endemic to Madagascar that’s been extinct since at least the 17th century.
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2 months ago | 
nationalgeographic.com | Mark IC Chen |Hicks Wogan
Periods of time lasting thousands, millions, or even billions of years might seem unfathomable. So Mark Chen, a photographer and teacher in Houston, decided to “visualize this very mysterious idea of deep time” in more relatable terms: the stars over our heads and the rocks underfoot. Since 2022, he’s been hiking into wild places, including national parks, at night and deploying a custom-made projector to layer NASA images of star systems onto iconic natural formations in split-second bursts.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
nationalgeographic.com | Hicks Wogan
Shampoos, sodas,Swiss Army knives: Many of us have discarded these items at the airport security checkpoint. But a four-pound male piglet? Airport employee He Ling came across just that in January 2017 in Chengdu, China—and made a decision few would dare. She took the animal home to live with her and her husband, Feng Li, in their 30th-floor apartment. They named him Piggy. For Feng, a retired government photographer, the animal’s domestic life has been a favorite subject ever since.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
nationalgeographic.com | Hicks Wogan
When you choose a hobby, do you consider whether it’s not only fun, but also good for you? If not, science has you covered: In recent years, countless studies have shown that a wide range of hobbies offer physical and mental health benefits to participants. A recent paper compiled the findings of five different surveys, all of them studying hobby engagement and mental well-being among people 65 or older.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
nationalgeographic.com | Hicks Wogan |Thomas P. Peschak
The Amazon is a realm of contrasts, and Jennifer Angel-Amaya says she can hear them all around her. For more than two years, the Colombian geologist and National Geographic Explorer has been doing fieldwork in the Peruvian part of the rainforest, and she’s noticed the sounds of gold miners getting closer and louder, as if competing with the calls of birds and monkeys. Angel-Amaya focuses on Madre de Dios, the region of Peru most affected by illegal gold mining.
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May 19, 2024 | 
nationalgeographic.com | Hicks Wogan
Teeming with life, coral reefs occupy less than one percent of the ocean floor but sustain 25 percent of marine species. These hubs of biodiversity now face existential threats, from ocean warming and acidification to destructive fishing practices and pollution. It’s their stunning beauty that first caught the attention of photographer Georgette Apol Douwma during a trip to the Great Barrier Reef in the 1970s.
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Mar 9, 2023 | 
nationalgeographic.com | Hicks Wogan |Eleanor Spicer RiceEntomologist
ByPhotographs ByA toddler’s curiosity can be infectious. Walking to a park in their London neighborhood a few years ago, Eduard Florin Niga and his young daughter met an ant on the pavement. The girl stopped to examine it. “Where are the ant’s eyes, Dad?” she asked. Her father, a teacher—and a former police officer in his native Romania, where he documented crime scenes—knew photography would provide the answer. Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
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Mar 9, 2023 | 
nationalgeographic.co.uk | Hicks Wogan
A toddler’s curiosity can be infectious. Walking to a park in their London neighbourhood a few years ago, Eduard Florin Niga and his young daughter met an ant on the pavement. The girl stopped to examine it. “Where are the ant’s eyes, Dad?” she asked. Her father, a teacher—and a former police officer in his native Romania, where he documented crime scenes—knew photography would provide the answer. Collaborators send Niga specimens of ants and other insects, or he orders them online.
