In der aktuellen Ausgabe von National Geographic US

• IN FOCUS
  JUST IN FROM OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS
• ISLAMIC ART: THE ART OF ARABIA
  From its origins in Arabia, the Muslim faith spread rapidly and developed a distinctive culture, including a form of art that has thrived through the centuries to be instantly recognizable today—Islamic art.
• PICTURES
  National Geographic photographers ventured to places far and wide to capture the year’s most fascinating images. Here are their best—and the stories behind them.
• WILL TRAVELERS Find a LOST INCA CITY?
  High in the Peruvian clouds, the hard-to-reach ruins of Choquequirao are spared the crowds that flock to Machu Picchu. That could soon change.
• The NAVIGATIONAL POWER of FINDING ZERO°
  For centuries, geographers, astronomers, and mariners around the world set their own standards for longitude without any agreement on a universal baseline. Here’s why it took so long to agree on a prime meridian.
• LOVE, HATE, AND RATTLESNAKES
  They’ve been revered as symbols of renewal. They’ve been reviled as emissaries of the underworld. They’ve been hunted and harassed into the dark corners of our imagination. But can our fears be debunked before an icon of the American West disappears?
• WHAT I FOUND Searching for MY FAMILY STORY
  Documents and genealogies are helpful—but personal memories are invaluable.
• PRETTY in PINK
  Gone for a century, wild flamingos are making a comeback in the Sunshine State.
• RESURRECTING NOTRE DAME
  Five years after a blaze nearly destroyed it, France’s most famous cathedral is reopening. Here’s how the astonishing restoration was pulled off—and how a sense of sacredness was rekindled.
• WHY SCIENTISTS ARE Rethinking Ancient GENDER ROLES
  Archaeologists have found a new tool for studying human remains—and it’s upending what we thought we knew about gender in past societies.
• THE NEW STARS OF POLAR SCIENCE
  As climate research becomes more critical, a small Arctic research station in Norway has emerged as a scientific boomtown. It’s a haven for an increasingly female-led contingent of experts doing some of the planet’s most important studies—and for the workers who make life in this demanding place more hospitable.
• Why CATS Make GREAT SAILORS
  They famously detest water but have been fixtures on ships since the dawn of seafaring.