Husband-and-wife team Monique and Chris Fallows photograph giant sharks hurtling through the air to catch seals near the water's surface (includes interview and photo galleries).

National Geographic Traveler geotourism editor Jonathan B. Tourtellot explores two issues on the front lines of the sustainable tourism debate: Florida sprawl and snowmobiles in Yellowstone National Park. Plus, an Aspen, Colorado, ski company turns environmentally-friendly.

Penguin rookeries in Antarctica—weather permitting—will be audience to a total solar eclipse Sunday as the moon slips between Earth and the sun and casts a narrow band of the icy continent into daytime darkness. A few hundred humans, too, hope to catch the celestial show. They've paid thousands of dollars to journey to—or over—Antarctica, the only landmass where the minutes-long event will be visible.

During the past decade, National Geographic Society photographer Chris Rainier has returned time and again to the West African countries of Benin and Togo to witness the rituals of the voodoo religion and its powerful mask dances. In an essay and photo gallery, Rainier recounts his most recent journey.

United States travel companies are earning a reputation for poor customer service, says National Geographic Traveler editor Keith Bellows. But that doesn't mean you have to suffer during your next trip.

Considered a Japanese living national treasure, Tamao Yoshida is a master practitioner of bunraku, the highly-stylized puppetry tradition rooted in 17th-century Japan. Today, the 84-year-old artist was awarded U.S. $400,000 as the 2003 Kyoto Prize Laureate in Arts and Philosophy.

Dominica is not like other Caribbean islands—people aren't jaded; prices are low; and the scenery is unspoiled. National Geographic Traveler geotourism editor Jonathan B. Tourtellot examines how the island can attract more visitors, without trampling its charm.

English explorer Benedict Allen's latest journey was his perhaps most extreme: an attempted solo crossing of the frozen Bering Strait from Siberia to Alaska. Solo, that is, except for a team of sled dogs essential to his survival. National Geographic News interviews Allen about his Arctic odyssey.

Dudley Foster holds the record for the most time spent on the deep-ocean floor. A pilot of the Woods Hole submersible Alvin, he has completed 552 dives from the Galápagos' hydrothermal vents to the Titanic. A related story airs tonight on our U.S. cable television program National Geographic On Assignment.

In California, United States Forest Service law enforcement officers find themselves in an ongoing battle with Mexican drug cartels that have carved networks of marijuana gardens into backcountry forests. Rising gun violence and billion-dollar harvests highlight a problem out-manned agents say has become a crisis. Full story and photo gallery:

Each year, more than a thousand climbers head for the summit of Mount McKinley, North America's highest peak. High altitude, avalanche risk, and fickle weather pose constant threats. Together with National Park Service rangers, a group of skilled mountaineers and medical volunteers work to prevent climbing accidents.

What are Americans' attitudes about travel? Geotourism editor Jonathan Tourtellot examines some surprising findings from a joint survey by National Geographic Traveler and an industry trade group. Plus, news on an environmentally-responsible cruise line.

Ed Viesturs is on a quest to join only a handful of mountaineers who have climbed all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter (26,000-foot) peaks. In June, Viesturs summited Pakistan's Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth highest mountain and the 13th of the suite for him. He talks to National Geographic News about his personal odyssey.

When adventure turns life-threatening, why do brash jocks typically die first while nurses survive? National Geographic Adventure interviews contributing editor and Deep Survival author Laurence Gonzales about his new book and the psychology of survival.