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Thanks to the abundance of onboard activities and amenities, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is "excellent for multigenerational families," says Dawn Gabree, an Alaska cruise specialist with Travels by ...

One of the most attractive critters at the zoo splashes through frigid waters: polar bears, the beauties of the Arctic Circle ...

National Geographic Explorer Paolo Verzone provides a rare peek inside a stellarator, an experiment that aims to give the world near-limitless clean energy. When in operation, this space inside the ...

Small mammals are early warning systems for environmental damage, but many species look almost identical, making them hard to track. Scientists have developed a new footprint-based method that can ...

Millions of years of isolation have shaped Australia’s extraordinary mammal fauna into species unlike anywhere else in the world, from platypus to koalas and wombats. Tragically, Australia is the ...

Will Smith is taking on a daring journey - navigating all seven continents - in this National Geographic series. Over the course of 100 days, Smith will travel across the planet in an inspiring, seven ...

These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their remarkable ability to survive these conditions could offer a key model for rese ...

When the Morello family home began to feel the winter chill in December, mom of four Laney Morello put a space heater in her son's room. And thus, a beautiful friendship was born. "I think he really ...

A woman with a heart for animals started a wildlife education center with a few animal companions from college, a boa constrictor, a desert tortoise, an Amazon parrot and a chinchilla. Jackie Navarro ...

In the middle of the day two young girls left the relative safety of their school. One has fair skin and the other brown. They searched the dumpsters behind their ...

After a recent surgery on her vocal chords, TODAY co-host Savannah Guthrie is finding creative new ways to communicate with her children, daughter Vale, 11, and son Charley, 9. As part of her recovery ...