Best Job Ever

What's it like to hop in a submarine and dive a thousand feet underwater to an unexplored region of the Galápagos Islands? Marine conservationist and National Geographic explorer Jessica Cramp takes us on a journey to find out.

National Geographic photographer Carlton Ward encounters alligators, manatees, and rattlesnakes on his 1,000-mile, 70-day trek to protect Florida’s hidden wilderness.

Chinstrap penguins might be cute, but wildlife biologist Douglas Krause knows that they like to cause mischief.

Thousands of beluga whales gather in Canada's Cunningham Inlet each summer for what National Geographic explorer and nature photographer Nansen Weber calls "a big beluga party." Using a drone, Weber captures the view from above.

Oceanographers explore the deep sea with underwater vehicles, cameras and high tech equipment. Katy Croff Bell tells us more about her job studying the depths of the ocean in Best Job Ever.

Exploring stars, planets, galaxies, black holes, and blazers are part of an Astrophysicists’ work.

David Gruber studies glow in the dark fish!

David Lang built a treasure finding drone!

Anand Varma photographs baby bees!

aniel Raven-Ellison is a guerrilla geographer experiencing nature in new ways.

As a space architect, Constance Adams has designed vehicles for human exploration of space. Learn more about her and her out of this world career.

Before texting, emoji and a written languages our ancestors used cave art. Follow Paleoanthropologist Genevieve Von Petzinger story about her job uncovering the meaning behind these markings.

In April 2016, Jade became the youngest person in history to ski to the North Pole! Learn more about her and her polar adventure

Wildlife photographer Joel Sartore takes pictures of endangered animals! Learn more about Photo Ark and his mission to save endangered species through photography.