SPECIAL EDITION: The best stories and photos of 2022
OUR PICTURES OF THE YEARTHE BEST OF 2022A long-lost shipwreck, found. Startling new insights into the minds of animals. Rare victories that gave us hope for our planet’s future. The best pictures of the year. Here are our favorite—and most popular—stories of 2022.PICTURES OF THE YEARPHOTOGRAPHS BY (CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT): CARSTEN PETER, MAC STONE, ESTHER HORVATH, KATIE ORLINSKY FOR SUBSCRIBERS We sent our photographers around the globe. Here are their best photos. 132 photographers were sent to 60 countries. 2,238,899 photos were submitted. See which images made it to the top.SEE THE TOP 49 PHOTOSPHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE YEAR:Go behind the scenes with the photographers who crisscrossed the globe. +PHOTOGRAPH BY WILBUR GARRETT, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION FOR SUBSCRIBERS A rarely seen side of Queen Elizabeth IIExclusive images from our archives memorialized the death of a queen.SEE THE IMAGESA polar bear sleeping in a field of flowers, a fish that looks like seaweed. See our best wildlife photos from 2022. These are the best travel photos of 2022 15 iconic images from the National Geographic archive AMAZING DISCOVERIESPHOTOGRAPH BY VINCENT LAGRANGE FOR SUBSCRIBERS What are animals thinking? They feel empathy, grieve, seek joy just like us. Rats show kindness, orcas mourn their dead, and monkeys protest injustice. Scientists are learning that other species also have complex emotions.INSIDE ANIMAL MINDSVIDEO STILL BY THE FALKLANDS MARITIME HERITAGE TRUST, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FOR SUBSCRIBERS Shackleton’s legendary ship has finally been found, a century later The fate of the Endurance was the unwritten last chapter in a legendary story of survival and triumph.WHERE WAS IT?PHOTOGRAPH BY PAOLO VERZONE/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION FOR SUBSCRIBERS Who wrote the Dead Sea scrolls? Science may finally have the answer Modern archaeology is shedding new light on the mysterious authors who penned these holy texts some 2,000 years ago.THE AUTHORS?New clues from the day the dinosaurs died. Primordial galaxies. Here are the 22 most amazing discoveries of 2022. Florida’s largest ever python has been found. Here’s the untold story of its discovery. Who was the Native American mystery woman of San Nicolas Island? The wreck of a fabled WWI German U-boat found off Virginia STORIES THAT GAVE US HOPEIMAGE BY ZEPHYR, SCIENCE SOURCE The end of inflammation? New approach could treat dozens of diseases. Cancer, aging, and severe COVID-19 have all been linked to damage from inflammation. Now scientists are flipping their focus to find new drugs that may revolutionize treatments.WHY INFLAMMATION IS DANGEROUSPHOTOGRAPH BY JOSH HUMBERT, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION 6 environmental wins that gave us hope in 2022 From a thriving new marine park to rules curbing plastic pollution, the past year gave us several reasons to be optimistic for the planet’s future.RARE VICTORIESScotland could become the first ‘rewilded’ nation. Here’s what it means. Is it possible to cure hot flashes? We may be getting closer. North America’s Native nations reassert their sovereignty: ‘We are here’OUR MOST CLICKED STORIESWorld’s brightest x-rays reveal COVID-19’s damage to the body Fruits and vegetables are less nutritious than they used to be The prince, the mayor, and the U.S. fish that ate Japan Even mild COVID-19 can cause your brain to shrink 7 herbs that may help fight cold and flu Three new snake species discovered in graveyards
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