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How to watch ‘The Hot Zone’ for free

Jaime Carrillo— May 27

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9-year-old trans girl makes history with National Geographic cover

Jaya Saxena— December 16

Crocodile leaps out of the water and into your nightmares

Miles Klee— September 14

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Researchers discover sharks thriving in the scalding waters of an underwater volcano

Patrick Howell O'Neill— July 11

Explosions are the secret sauce for even better nature documentaries

Aja Romano— June 24

Londoners were startled to see a T-Rex traveling through the city

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw— June 1

Bill Nye is talking about sex and everything is ruined

Marisa Kabas— April 30

Giant tortoise understandably angry at being interrupted during sex

Miles Klee— March 20

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Neil deGrasse Tyson has a star-studded guest list for his new science show

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw— March 19

Kal Penn talks National Geographic’s new big data show

Rae Votta— March 16

Researcher freaks out over discovery of rare shark

Researcher freaks out over discovery of rare shark

Lisa Granshaw— December 17

The 16 least terrible tracks from Weezer’s recent albums

Ramon Ramirez— October 9

Taking a load off

Lost NatGeo photos “Found” again on Tumblr

Curt Hopkins— March 12

High-profile users abandon Instagram over new terms of service

Fernando Alfonso III— December 19

National Geographic to send intergalactic tweets

Kris Holt— June 21

The eerie beauty of Pakistan’s cocooned trees

Kevin Collier— February 6

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