Great White Sharks
By Peter Benchley
Photographs by David Doubilet
The unmistakable jaws of the great white shark have long been synonymous with terror. Researchers are now discovering the vulnerable side of this magnificent predator.
• Go behind the scenes with a National Geographic Television crew filming tiger sharks.
Chiquibul Cave
By Thomas Miller
Photographs by Stephen Alvarez
Exhilaration and disappointment accompany divers as they explore submerged passages thought to link segments of a 60-mile-long [97-kilometer-long] cave complex on the Belize-Guatemala border.
• Explore Chiquibul online through photographs and 360-degree images.
Our research grantees roam the world, calculating the height of Mount Everest or studying Fiji’s coral reefs. Their work is often difficult and sometimes dangerous, but it’s always an adventure.
Nature’s Rx
By Joel L. Swerdlow
Photographs by Lynn Johnson
Where Western medicine hasn’t been an option—and today even where it is—millions turn to traditional therapies to cure their ills. Do natural remedies really work, and can science unlock their secrets?
Duck-billed Platypus
By Melody Serena
Photographs by David Doubilet
A bizarre and elusive creature that once swam with dinosaurs now inhabits the waterways of Melbourne. Increasingly, its future rests in the hands of Australia’s urban residents.
In Search of Vikings; Mystery Ships From a Danish Bog; Queen of the African Sky; New Caledonia; Dawn of Humans; Ants and Plants; Cape Hatteras Lighthouse; Mount St. Helens
