National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific community's best guess for the likely path of early human migration. While walking ...

Russia’s conquest of Siberia was not a slow drift eastward — it was a hard, relentless campaign led by Cossack fighters armed with firearms the locals had never seen. Over a few decades, they crushed ...

Climate change is rapidly melting the glaciers that feed Central Asia’s rivers, pushing the region toward an ecological ...

Explore the impressive world of nuclear-powered icebreakers as we delve into the evolution of these massive Russian ships ...