National Geographic

Hurricane Gustav inspired a bit of bathing, virgins awaited a king in Africa, hail spurred "snowball fights" in Kenya, and more.

Hurricane Ike is forecast to hit the islands early next week as a major hurricane. Given the limited escape routes, officials have ordered evacuations to begin Saturday.

An agreement between the country's wildlife authority and the army to move troops may help preservation efforts at Virunga National Park, home to rare mountain gorillas.

The prehistoric site near Nazerat (Nazareth) is unusual in its lack of female symbolism and oddly arranged skeletons, archaeologists say.

A plume of superheated rock from deep in Earth's crust welled up between the ancient continents, pushing them apart until they collided to form Pangaea, a new study proposes.

Found near Cancun, Mexico, "Eve of Naharon" may be 13,600 years old—and she's not alone. She and three other skeletons could change how we think the Americas were first populated.

The deluge, caused by a dam break in Nepal, has destroyed more than 250,000 acres of farmland, killed at least 90 people, and left at least a million people homeless.

Siberia's last woolly mammoths, which died out about 10,000 years ago, descended from North American stock, according to new research. But others question the conclusion.

Gulls set pollution record; thinking maks us pig out; and more.

Global warming is making the most powerful hurricanes even stronger by warming the oceans, a new study says.

The intertwining songs of tropical wrens serve as weapons and help males and females find each other in dense forests, a new study says.