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The National Geographic Society, which is based in the United States, is one of the world's largest not-for-profit educational and scientific organizations. Its research interests include geography and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical conservation, and the study of world culture and history.
Its mission is "to increase and diffuse geographic knowledge while promoting the conservation of the world's cultural, historical, and natural resources." Its current President and CEO, John M. Fahey, Jr., says National Geographic's purpose is to inspire people to care about their planet. The Society is governed by a twenty-three member Board of Trustees composed of a group of distinguished educators, businesspeople, scientists, former governmental officials, and conservationists. The organization sponsors and funds scientific research and exploration. The Society publishes an official journal, National Geographic Magazine, and other magazines, books, and other publications in numerous languages and countries around the world. It also has an educational foundation that gives grants to education organizations and individuals to enhance geography education. Its media properties reach about 280 million people around the world monthly.
Founding of National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society was founded in the United States on January 27, 1888, by 33 men who were interested in "organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge." They had begun discussing forming the Society two weeks earlier on January 13, 1888. Gardiner Greene Hubbard became its first president and his son-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell, eventually succeeded him. Bell's son-in-law Gilbert H. Grosvenor was named the first full-time editor of National Geographic Magazine, and members of the Grosvenor family have played important roles in the organization since. The current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of National Geographic is Gilbert M. Grosvenor, Jr., who received the President Medal of Freedom in 2005 for the Society's leadership for Geography education. National Geographic has been named to receive the Prince of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanity in October 2006. More on [ National Geographic Society ]
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Introduction to Chimpanzee Behavior. National Geographic Society (VHS; colt, sd.; 23 min.: 1977).
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Introduction to Chimpanzee Behavior. National Geographic Society (VHS; colt, sd.; 23 min.: 1977).
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NationalGeographic.com - Explore National Geographic Online.
Meta Description: [ National Geographic provides free maps, photos, videos and daily news stories, as well as articles and features about animals, the environment, cultures, history, world music and travel. ]
At the Tomb of Tutankhamen - It is 1923, and the long-sought tomb of Tutankhamun is about to yield its secrets.Ê Join NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC correspondent Maynard Owen Williams in Egypt.
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Contact! in the Amazon - Follow the progress and perils of a controversial undertaking: peaceful contact with one of the last isolated tribes on earth.
Cyber Tiger - Interactive feature at National Geographic allows visitors to act as zookeepers for rare Siberian tigers.
Dinosaur Eggs - Catch the excitement of fossil researchers as they 'hatch' fossilized dinosaur eggs and reveal the embryos inside. Tour our museum of hatchlings.
Meta Description: [ Catch the excitement of fossil researchers as they 'hatch' fossilized dinosaur eggs and reveal the embryos inside. Tour our museum of hatchlings. ]
Fire Call: A Wildland Firefighter Speaks - What's life like for the men and women who fight the nearly 100,000 wildfires in the United States each year? Hear a wildland firefighter in his own words.
Meta Description: [ Fire Call: Portrait of a Wildland Firefighter. A sound and photo portrait of 52-year-old Norbert Schuster, and his love of wildland firefighting. Photographs by National Geographic Staff Photographer Mark Thiessen. Uses Flash 4 for streaming audio and photography. ]
Flight Over Four Corners - Soar above the American Southwest with Adriel Heisey, a photographer so determined to get a birds-eye view that he built his own aircraft.
Meta Description: [ Soar above the American Southwest with Adriel Heisey, a photographer so determined to get a birds-eye view that he built his own aircraft. ]
National Geographic News - Syndicated news and feature articles provided by the Society.
Okavango - Track cheetahs, pangolins, lechwe, and other wild wonders through the untamed habitat of Botswana¹s Okavango Delta.
Salem - Are you a witch? How long have you been in the snare of the devil? Why won't you confess? Experience the witch-hunt of 1692 in an interactive and terrifying way.
Meta Description: [ Experience the 1692 Salem witch-hunt in a terrifying online trial: 'Are you a witch? How long have you been in the snare of the devil? Confess!' ]
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