The "Jesus Box," touted to be the first archaeological proof that Jesus existed, has been found to contain a forged inscription. The Israel Antiquities Authority released a report Wednesday stating that the box's inscription was forged, though the ossuary itself is believed to be dated correctly.

Angelina Jolie, an Oscar-winning actress and star of the recent blockbuster movies, Girl Interrupted and Tomb Raider, speaks with National Geographic News about the world-wide refugee crisis and her experiences at refugee camps.

Tori Murden McClure stamped her place in history as the first woman to row across the Atlantic. She discusses her first failure, the hardships of the ocean, and the need for courage with Tom Foreman for Inside Base Camp.

One of the poorest countries in the world, Kenya depends heavily on its tourist industry. But in the wake of a spate of terrorist attacks on international targets within the country, and subsequent U.S. and British government discouragement of their nationals from visiting Kenya, tourism has all but ended.

Why are humans so hairless compared to other primates? Theorists argue that early humans shed their fur to aid cooling on the sun-baked savanna. Now, scientists suggest that clothes, shelter, and fire allowed us to shed our hair along with the ticks, fleas, and other bloodsuckers that hide in it.

For 25 years, Mary Edna Fraser has explored and photographed coastlines around the world from the open cockpit of her grandfather's 1946 airplane. She has watched these landscapes morph as humans try to anchor barrier islands that were never destined to stand still. This story airs tonight on our U.S. cable television program National Geographic Today.

A new way of big-game hunting in Africa does not take life—it helps conserve it. It is a safari called "green hunting," and it is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to the old blood sport of bagging iconic animals for trophies. But there are concerns that the new kind of hunting could lead to cruelty and abuse in the name of conservation.

Pioneer ethnomusicologist Henrietta Yurchenco has spent over 60 adventurous years recording songs and stories around the world. Yurchenco has studied pre-Hispanic music in Mexico and Guatemala; she has also recorded in Spain, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Ecuador, and among Morocco's Sephardic Jews.

At least 35 million people in the world—more than the entire population of Canada—have been forced to run for their lives, and are either temporarily or permanently exiled from their homes. Half of them are women and children.

America's female prison population is booming. In the last ten years the number of women in prison has nearly doubled. As these women serve their time, they're not the only ones to pay a price. Innocent victims are suffering for the crimes of others—they are the children of mothers behind bars. Approaches to this difficult issue vary around the nation and around the world, but there's no easy solution to a problem that hurts those unable to help themselves.

Scientists believe they may have cracked the enigma of a rampant neurological disease that causes paralysis, dementia and death in the Chamorro people of the Pacific. A new study correlates rates of bat-eating practiced by the people, with incidence of the disease.

The virus in chimpanzees believed to have been transmitted to humans to become HIV-1—the virus that causes AIDS—didn't start its life in chimps. Instead, separate viruses jumped from different monkey species into chimps, where they recombined to form a hybrid virus, according to a new study.

Africa has, for years, been losing its heritage to looters, dealers, and sometimes even tourists looking for unusual souvenirs—almost to the point of complete loss. Governments in Africa are cracking down on the trade in irreplaceable traditional and sacred objects.

With the world focused on SARS, a more deadly disease quietly ravages Africa: malaria. Thousands of African children die daily of the mosquito-born parasitic disease, a recent UN report says. Malaria also endangers the health of pregnant women and acts as a brake on economic development.