*As the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, National Geographic has unveiled a compelling new project to honor the memory of one of America’s most catastrophic natural disasters. The ...

Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

SEATTLE, WA. — August 29 will mark the 20th year since Hurricane Katrina. It was the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history. It tore through the gulf coast with catastrophic power. Now, 20 ...

It's a tale of survival, courage and hope. National Geographic's latest documentary film, "Lost in the Jungle," tells the true story of four young siblings who found themselves stranded deep within ...

Two decades after Hurricane Katrina drowned much of New Orleans and exposed deep cracks in America’s disaster response and racial divide, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler is helping to tell the ...

Using a simulated disaster scenario of a chemical accident on a highway near their school, Livonia High School students soon discovered how important geographic information systems and imaging science ...