The human body, I know, did not evolve to swim laps ... Her mother and sister secretly urged her on. Today she is a national hero, and her prize money helps support a large extended family.

The digestive system is the series of tubelike organs that convert our meals into body fuel. There are about 30 feet (9 meters) of these convoluted pipeworks, starting with the mouth and ending ...

A woman begins her morning workout, a critical time when the body and brain rapidly adapt to meet the demands of exercise. These early minutes set the stage for improved focus, mood, and long-term ...

She's looking for the right body type. What is the right body type ... Perhaps we are truly human when we come to believe that beauty is not so much in the eye, as in the heart, of the beholder.

Here’s what happens to your body when you drink it ... Photograph by Justin Jin, National Geographic A tea grower from the Blang Indigenous community brews tea for clients in Wang Ji village ...

This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. “You need to have your throat cut out and your decomposing, bug-infested body fed ... a glimpse of human nature ...

This story appears in the January 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Green of the Center for Human Sexuality Studies at Pennsylvania’s Widener University and Luca Maurer of the ...

On Tuesday, National Geographic announced the evolution ... people with remarkable skills that push the limits of the human ...