While tap water is safe for most Americans, millions of residents are still exposed to contaminants from their faucets every year, according to National Geographic. This World Water Day, our partners ...

Diving the ocean is like being a traveler on a new planet, so it’s no surprise that filmmaker James Cameron, an avid scuba diver and National Geographic Society Explorer at Large, used it as the ...

Driven by what he calls an “insane passion,” Angel Fitor photographs the minuscule organisms that dwell in the Mediterranean Sea. Photographer Angel Fitor captured these zooplankton during a starry ...

National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry has been diving in the Gulf of Maine for more than 40 years. After learning these waters were a harbinger of climate change, he set out to document the ...

Just because there's a heat wave, it doesn't mean the water is warm. Here's what boaters and swimmers should be aware of before they take a dip. Cliff divers line up along the Clackamas River at High ...