Just as important, photography can gather data that can't be detected or processed by the human eye. Using technology that captured the scattered path of invisible x-ray beams, for example ...

Dubbed "Sweet Girl," the humpback whale was estimated to be between three and four years old before she was struck and killed ...

Both cameras and the human eye use lenses to focus light ... In older cameras, the photo-sensitive material was camera film. When the film absorbed light, a chemical change produced an image ...

An important element in people photography is knowing your subjects ... fingers clutched in prayer, a peering eye. The details of the human body make great photographic subjects, either as ...

Our ability to see starts with the light-sensitive photoreceptor cells in our eyes. A specific region of the retina, termed ...

Our ability to see starts with the light-sensitive photoreceptor cells in our eyes. A specific region of the retina, termed ...

This story appears in the October 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Thirty-four years before the birth of this magazine, the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard sourly prophesied a ...

Rotimi Fani-Kayode and Ming Smith grew up a world apart, but their images speak much the same language. This fall, their ...

Most people should have a regular eye exam every couple of years. If you're older than 65 or have certain conditions, you may need more frequent checks. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images.) ...

Almost as soon as I got it in my hands, I knew that would be the case with the Leica Q3 43. To call this one of the best ...

Nearly one month later, people are still cleaning up messes made by Hurricane Milton, which hit the west coast of Florida in early October before passing through Brevard County. The Space Coast ...