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This iconic shrine in Japan is rebuilt every 20 years
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Billie Eilish on inventing a greener kind of concert tour
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60-foot octopus may have been the ‘kraken’ of the Cretaceous
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In this image from our photography archives, beneath mushrooms in Bulgaria’s Sredna Gora mountains, a praying mantis stretches her forelegs, spined limbs used to catch and hold prey. Photographer Georgi Georgiev, a trained ecologist, has observed these ambush predators hunt creatures as large as a lizard, but also pause to carefully clean their forelegs and antennae. “The smaller they are, the more hidden and interesting their world is to me,” he says, a perspective he shared in a 2024 National Geographic story exploring the extraordinary lives of ordinary bugs.Secrets of the Bees
National Geographic Explorer Bertie Gregory explores the extraordinary lives of bees, which are among the planet’s most important animals. Over three years, special cameras opened a rare window into a single hive, revealing its hidden world. With more than 20,000 bee species pollinating one-third of the world’s food, this series uncovers their astonishing architecture and intelligence, unlocking their secrets.
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Cristian Lagger explores the planet’s coldest, darkest places
Cristian Lagger explores the planet’s coldest, darkest places
The global hunt to unlock the healing powers of … poop
The global hunt to unlock the healing powers of … poop
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Capturing one of humanity’s first voyages into the heavens
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