See National Geographic News's most popular individual photos of 2008, including pictures of a giant stingray, a "smiling" sky, a lizard-snake standoff, and more.
More than 10,000 graves containing ancient amphorae, "baby bottles," and the bodies of soldiers who fought the Carthaginians were found near the ancient Greek colony of Himera.
For decades Italians adopted random skulls in a centuries-old underground mass grave as conduits to the afterlife. Now the complex is being readied for a reopening to the public.
An alien-like squid with "elbows" is caught on video, unknown "structures" are detected tugging at our universe, and more--2008's most read stories by National Geographic News.
See National Geographic News's most popular photo galleries of 2008, starring an "alien" squid with "elbows," an electric eruption, a welcoming whale, and other natural wonders.
Human trafficking protestors ride airport luggage belts, devilish creatures roam the streets of Germany, a white lion is born, and more in this week's best news photos.
For centuries, each year before Christmas, a Croatian fishing village has "sacrificed" a boat in honor of St. Nicholas, patron saint of children and fishers—and inspiration for Santa Claus.
Author Alexandra Fuller, who wrote the bestselling Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, reflects on the devastating toll cholera is taking on Zimbabwe, her former home.
The prehistoric Otzi apparently dressed his own wounds with species of moss from different environments, allowing scientists to track his last days, a new study found.
Stunned by slavery and "the glories of the vegetation of the tropics," Charles Darwin explored Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state in 1832—a voyage now being retraced with the help of one of his great-great-grandsons.
Knee-deep gondoliers breakfasted at cafe tables, rubber-booted locals waded through a pastry shop--despite a five-foot flood Monday, pockets of Venice showed surprising normalcy.
