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Listen as Paleontologist Tyler Lyson talks about his discovery of a a large plant-eating dinosaur with fossilized skin and soft tissue still intact. Produced by Lori Wark for NGM Mission Projects:

Author John Updike talks about the December cover story on Bizarre Dinosaurs and how he came to take an interest in the subject.

Author John Updike reads from his December National Geographic cover story on bizarre dinosaurs. The story examines why these Mesozoic monsters still fascinate us.

One of the worldâs leading experts on tropical glaciers leads an ascent of the 18,500 foot (5.6 kilometers) Quelccaya Ice Cap. Near Cuzco, Peru, the ice cap is the worldâs largest tropical glacier. In 30 years of monitoring, scientists have ...

One way that researchers can be so certain that increased carbon dioxide is responsible for global warming is by making long-term measurements of carbon dioxide at remote locations. Reporter Daniel Grossman profiles Zeppelin Station, the atmospheric ...

One way that researchers can be so certain that increased carbon dioxide is responsible for global warming is by making long-term measurements of carbon dioxide at remote locations. Reporter Daniel Grossman profiles Zeppelin Station, the atmospheric ...

As part of a year reporting on global warming, Daniel Grossman flies to the Greenland Ice Sheet, the mammoth glacier near the North Pole.

National Geographic grantee Dr. Matthew Stolper explains why clay tablets from ancient Persepolis, or Takht-e-Jamshid, in Iran are a window into the past. Produced by Lori Wark for NGM Mission Projects:

Listen to Deborah Carlson explain how she is leading a team to excavate an early first century B.C Roman shipwreck and its cargo of huge marble columns. Produced by Lori Wark for NGM Mission Projects:

A discovery like this hasn't happened in more than 100 years. Listen to Rowland Shelley as he describes how he found a new order of millipede. Shelley is a seven-time National Geographic grantee.

After a 1,500-mile (2,414-kilometer) trip down the Chesapeake Bay in an open boat, Capt. Ian Bystrom reflects on the experience. Bystrom's crew explored the Bay and its tributaries by rowing and sailing a reproduction of a 17th-century shallop, using ...

After a 1,500-mile (2,414-kilometer) trip down the Chesapeake Bay in an open boat, Capt. Ian Bystrom reflects on the experience. Bystrom's crew explored the Bay and its tributaries by rowing and sailing a reproduction of a 17th-century shallop, using ...

Listen to Andrew Wilson, from the University of Brantford in England, as he explains how he is unraveling the mystery of the Inca child sacrifices.

For decades archaeologists wondered if one staple crop, corn, could support the dense Maya population. Now, National Geographic grantee Dr. Payson Sheets describes his discovery of ancient manioc at Cerenin El Salvador. This is the first hard evidence ...

Coral reefs have declined in many areas, but at least some Indian Ocean reefs are recovering faster than expected from widespread bleaching in 1998. National Geographic grantee Carden Wallace (Museum of Tropical Queensland) talks about what she's seen on ...

Coral reefs have declined in many areas, but at least some Indian Ocean reefs are recovering faster than expected from widespread bleaching in 1998. National Geographic grantee Carden Wallace (Museum of Tropical Queensland) talks about what she's seen on ...

"Listen to Adam Smith, associate professor at the University of Chicago, explain how he is attempting to solve a mystery on a mountain in Armenia. "

Listen to Adam Smith, associate professor at the University of Chicago, explain how he is attempting to solve a mystery on a mountain in Armenia.

"J. Curt Stager, a professor of natural sciences at Paul Smith's College and National Geographic grantee, talks about how El Niño activity has affected past climates, ecosystems, and human cultures."