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More than a decade after a powerful quake devastated Haiti in 2010, the region's complex geology has sent the island into yet another spate of deadly convulsionshttps://on.natgeo.com/2VSBdET 

What’s most important, scientists say, is making sure these events don’t grow even more common and intense than they are nowhttps://on.natgeo.com/3g29AQK 

Artisanal distillers are reimagining the classic Provence drink with fresh botanicals and unique processeshttps://on.natgeo.com/3jVt7Ub 

This week new infections—an average of 126,000 daily—hit highs not seen since February, with the Delta variant now accounting for more than 97 percent of new caseshttps://on.natgeo.com/3xKSc9m 

"Even in conflict zones, people keep on living."https://on.natgeo.com/3AHD4v5 

Devoted teams of health-care workers are trekking, boating, and even dogsledding to deliver life-saving vaccines to the most remote corners of the worldhttps://on.natgeo.com/3m4ZmDc 

Talk about blood-shot eyes. For #WorldLizardDay meet a few of these dynamic reptileshttps://on.natgeo.com/3jXPrMQ 

The freedoms Afghans have gained since 2001 are in jeopardy as extremists surge across the nation, spurred by U.S. exithttps://on.natgeo.com/3seZzER 

While people with immune-compromising conditions rejoice over the FDA decision, may questions remain unansweredhttps://on.natgeo.com/3g3k4iJ 

To reconstruct the real story of the ring, archaeologists and historians must find clues in art, excavations, and ancient textshttps://on.natgeo.com/3AMtveB 

Hailed by researchers as the “mother of all lizards” the fossilized Megachirella wachtleri is thought to be an early species from which all of today's lizards and snakes eventually evolved #WorldLizardDayhttps://on.natgeo.com/3iGvfQd 

Hundreds of years from now, there is a small chance that Bennu could slam into Earth. Here's how scientists knowhttps://on.natgeo.com/3g1wXtY 

“From this day forward these children will be protected by these warriors—our Akicita," says Russell Eagle Bear, an elder and council member of the Sioux Tribe’s Blackpipe communityhttps://on.natgeo.com/3fZcHco 

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the life story of an ancient woolly mammoth using the chemical composition of its tuskhttps://on.natgeo.com/2XlIYDL 

Taliban militants now contest or control most local districts across the country’s 34 provinces, jeopardizing the freedoms Afghans have gained since 2001https://on.natgeo.com/3m3bHrw 

A new study finds 2020 wildfires may have caused a near-20 percent increase in COVID-19 cases in some fire-afflicted countieshttps://on.natgeo.com/2UgjZkh 

Devoted teams of health-care workers are trekking, boating, and even dogsledding to deliver life-saving vaccines to the most remote corners of the worldhttps://on.natgeo.com/3jQDHMi