Researchers are developing a sonar system to help boaters steer off a collision course with the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus Linneaus). The technology could be the difference between population growth and decline in the endangered species.
Wildlife specialists are headed to Kenya's Masailand to get a precise measure of the current lion population and attempt to broker a peace between the predators and livestock owners. The project is supported by the National Geographic Society Conservation Trust and the SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund.
Gold jewelry and other precious items recovered from
2,800-year-old Assyrian royal tombs, and the royal cemetery of Ur, have been found in Iraq's Central Bank in Baghdad, where they were stashed for safety before the onset of the Gulf War in 1990.
A study of frogs that could yield benefits for both conservation and human health received the 7,000th grant awarded by the National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration.
A National Geographic expedition led by explorer Robert Ballard has found what is believed to be the remains of John F. Kennedy's PT-109. Experts from the U.S. Navy recently confirmed the May 2002 find is most likely the World War II patrol boat.
PT-109 sank in the Solomon Islands when a Japanese destroyer sliced through it, setting into motion the survival odyssey that became a cornerstone of the Kennedy legend.
The sole known image that was thought to show the face of George Dixon, the captain of the ill-fated Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley, has turned out to be of someone who lived after the vessel sank, the Hunley Commission announced.
In a valley not far from the Russian-Mongolian border, researchers are exploring royal tombs of the Xiongnu, nomadic tribes that dominated Central Asia for two centuries beginning about 2,300 years ago. Although it is known that these "Huns of Asia" were fierce warriors, knowledge about many aspects of their life is riddled with questions and contradictions.
Researchers have discovered the first known example of a land-based vertebrate that had the ability to fully chew and digest plants. It lived 50 million years before dinosaurs. Chewing is important because it enables animals to break down and efficiently process many different kinds of vegetation.
Researchers studying artifacts recovered from the long-submerged Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley have recovered a long-sought object: a bent gold coin the captain was said to carry as a good-luck piece after it saved him from death by a bullet.
Recent excavations at the Maya city of Chac in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula shed new light on Mesoamerican prehistory. Data show that the city flourished much earlier than previously thought, and was influenced by the powerful Teotihuacan culture that dominated central Mexico.
A "dog tag" worn by a Union soldier for identification was discovered inside the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley, archaeologists said Friday. The find baffles researchers, sparking speculation as to why it was found in the sub. Was it a war souvenir, or did it belong to a defector—or a spy?
