Search Results for: civil war

Map April 2005

By Eric

National Geographic Map April 2005
Side 1 – A Nation Transformed By Civil War
Side 2 – The Most Deadly Years Map

National Geographic March 2018

By Eric

Life Among The Ruins

Syria’s civil war turned Aleppo neighborhoods into rubble. Now, as a fragile normalcy returns to the city, the challenge is to rebuild what was lost.

Epic Journeys

Why do some birds migrate thousands of miles? How are they able to find their way to the same summer and winter sites year after year? Even as researchers answer those questions, they’re discovering how humans disrupt these ancient journeys.

Beyond The Blue Marble

Earth, in astronauts’ eyes.

When Life Got Complicated

From microbes to animals.

Drying Lakes

The world’s inland waters suffer due to overuse, climate change, and drought.

Siberian Solitude

Life in an isolated village.

National Geographic January 2017

By Eric

National Geographic January 2017 Highlights:

Rethinking Gender

Can science help us navigate the shifting landscape of gender identity? Mandy (below) identifies as fa’afafine, a third gender in Samoa.

I Am Nine Years Old

National Geographic traveled to 80 homes on four continents to ask kids how gender affects their lives. The answers from this diverse group of children were astute and revealing.

Making A Man

In traditional cultures the path to manhood is marked with ceremonial rites of passage. But in societies moving away from strict gender roles, boys have to find their own ways to become men.

American Girl

In some ways it’s easier to be an American girl these days: Although beauty still rules, people are more accepting of differences. In another way it’s worse: Everything plays out on social media.

Dangerous Lives of Girls

In Sierra Leone, wracked by civil war and Ebola, nearly half of girls marry before 18, and many become mothers by 19. Yet even in this troubled land, some girls find a way to rise.

Dads At Home

More than in most nations, Sweden’s parental leave involves fathers.

Girls At Risk

A by-the-numbers look at how girls and women around the world are faring, from education to equal opportunity.

 

On The Cover:

Youth interviewed for this issue on gender include Avery Jackson, a transgender girl living in Kansas City, Missouri

National Geographic November 2016

By Eric

The Power of Eight

Octopuses appear as alien as any extraterrestrial, yet seem strangely akin to humans.

The Race to the Red Planet

Humankind’s next big mission is Mars. But how long until we get there?

{ Special Poster } Colonizing Mars

Changing Cuba: Here Comes the Wave

A warming relationship with the United States has an upbeat but wary Cuba bracing for an onslaught of tourists from its Cold War adversary.

Changing Cuba: The Caribbean’s Crown Jewels

Gardens of the Queen, Cuba’s sprawling marine preserve, is an oceanic Eden in tourism’s path.

Fragile Peace

Sri Lanka is beginning to reckon with the aftermath of a brutal civil war: tens of thousands homeless, tens of thousands still missing.

Proof | Consecrated in Mexico

Behind convent walls, cloistered nuns pray, work – and even play volleyball.

National Geographic May 2012

By Eric

Bringing the Civil War to Life

In the 1860s combat artists captured battlefield drama. Today reenactors reimagine the conflict.

{ Special Poster } The March to Gettysburg / Civil War to Civil Rights

A Showboating Bird

To woo a mate, a male manakin might make music with its wings … or do the moonwalk.

Egypt In The Moment

A Nile journey reveals how the revolution is playing out far from its epicenter in Tahrir Square.

A Show of Hands

Humans, of course, have them. So do bats, cats, dolphins, elephants, and frogs. Our artwork takes you inside these useful appendages.

Iceland’s Resilient Beauty

Icelanders and sheep have taken a toll, but the volcanic-glacial landscape is still astonishing.

The Race to Rescue Koalas

Megan Aitken drives Australian streets, saving marsupials that face urban hazards and disease.

 

National Geographic November 2010

By Eric

Great Migrations

Birds, butterflies, and beasts take off. Humans interfere.

The Lost Herds Are Found

They survived Sudan’s civil war yet still need protection.

Southern Sudan’s Shaky Peace

The scars and hopes of a boy named Logocho mirror his land.

3 Degrees Of Japan’s Seas

The waters host arctic crabs, temperate squid, tropical sharks.

Unburying The Aztec

Diggers find eagles, fur-wrapped knives, no emperor’s tomb.