National Geographic is an American magazine that is noted for its cover stories and accompanying photography. Throughout the 1990s National Geographic's cover stories showcased global historical events such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill. Cover stories included articles written by notable writers such as Joel Swerdlow, Paul Theroux and Paul F. Salopek. Cover photos were published by notable photographers such as David Doubilet, James Nachtwey and Frans Lanting.

The 1990s saw articles written and photographed at locations around the globe featuring marine life like the February 1994 issue titled "Sea Turtles: In a Race for Survival", written by Anne and Jack Rudloe with a photo on the cover of a Sea turtle, photographed by Bill Curtsinger. Articles featured on the cover of the magazine also included human-interest stories such as "1491: America Before Columbus", photographed by Jack Unruh featuring the Iroquois Native Americans in the October 1991 issue. Many geographical locations were featured including Petra, an archaeological city in Jordan, in the December 1998 article "Petra: Ancient City of Stone", written by Don Belt with photographs by Annie Griffiths.

In the August 1991 issue, Thomas Y. Canby wrote the cover story titled "The Persian Gulf: After the Storm", writing about the Kuwaiti oil fires after the Persian Gulf War. The photo on the cover of the magazine featured a picture of oil fields on fire, photographed by Steve McCurry.

1990

+ Title Date Author Photographer Images Alaska's Big Spill January 1990 Bryan Hodgson Natalie Fobes Oil spill covering a guillemot Between Monterey Tides February 1990 Rick Gore David Doubilet Harbor seal Siberia in from the Cold March 1990 Mike Edwards Steve Raymer Nenet woman chopping wood A Personal Vision of Vanishing Life April 1990 Staff writer James Balog Orangutan Growing up in East Harlem May 1990 Jere Van Dyk Joseph Rodriguez East Harlem resident Austin June 1990 Elizabeth A. Moize Michael O'Brien Austin teenage prom dates Florida Watershed July 1990 Nicole Duplaix Farrell Grehan Great egret Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided August 1990 Kenneth C. Danforth Steve McCurry Albanian family Track of the Manila Galleons September 1990 Eugene Lyons Sisse Brimberg Chinese girl in a dress Suruga Bay: In the Shadow of Mount Fuji October 1990 David Doubilet David Doubilet Lionfish The Baltic Nations November 1990 Priit Vesilind Larry C. Price cleaner on Statue of Stalin Botswana December 1990 Frans Lanting Frans Lanting Hippopotamus

1991

+ Title Date Author Photographer Images Northwest Australia: The Land & the Sea January 1991 Harvey Arden Sam Abell Australian rancher family Hong Kong: Countdown to 1997 February 1991 Ross Terrill Jodi Cobb Child in refugee camp Lechuguilla Cave March 1991 Tim Cahill Michael Nichols Lechuguilla Cave A Season in the Minors April 1991 David Lamb William Albert Allard El Paso Diablos Elephants: Out of Time, Out of Space May 1991 Douglas H. Chadwick Frans Lanting Elephant East Europe's Dark Dawn June 1991 Jon Thompson James Nachtwey Romanian boys The Wyeth Family July 1991 Richard Meryman N. C. Wyeth Treasure Island cover The Persian Gulf: After the Storm August 1991 Thomas Y. Canby Steve McCurry Kuwaiti oil fires A Shameful Harvest September 1991 Constance J. Poten José Azel Red fox pups 1491: America Before Columbus October 1991 Not stated Jack Unruh Iroquois leader Zaire River November 1991 Robert Caputo Robert Caputo Young Zaire fisherman Ibn Battuta: Prince of Travelers December 1991 Thomas A. Abercrombie James L. Stanfield Veiled Islamic woman

1992

+ Title Date Author Photographer Images Search for Columbus January 1992 Eugene Lyon Bob Sacha Bittersweet Success: Eastern Wildlife February 1992 James Conaway Raymond Gehman A Curious Kinship: Apes and Humans March 1992 Eugene Linden Michael Nichols Frodo (Chimpanzee) Good Luck City: Vancouver April 1992 Andrew Ward Annie Griffiths Belt Beluga whale in aquarium India's Wildlife Dilemma May 1992 Geoffrey C. Ward Raghu Rai Tiger Russia's Baikal: The World's Great Lake June 1992 Don Belt Sarah Leen Russian child sledding on Lake Baikal Mountain Lions July 1992 Maurice G. Hornocker Jim Dutcher Mountain Lion cub Struggle of the Kurds August 1992 Christopher Hitchens Ed Kashi Kurd woman Dolphins in Crisis September 1992 Kenneth S. Norris Flip Nicklin Spotted dolphins Our Disappearing Wetlands October 1992 John G. Mitchell Mark Wilson American bullfrog The Sense of Sight November 1992 Michael E. Long Joe McNally Human eye Crucibles of Creation: Volcanoes December 1992 Noel Grove Roger Ressmeyer Kīlauea volcano

1993

+ Title Date Author Photographer Images Dinosaurs January 1993 Rick Gore John Gurche Saurolophus Newborn Panda in the Wild February 1993 Lu Zhi Lu Zhi Giant panda cub A Broken Empire March 1993 Mike Edwards Gerd Ludwig Stalin statue blindfolded Andrew Aftermath April 1993 Rick Gore Joel Sartore Hurricane Andrew soldier with boy Middle East Water: Critical Resource May 1993 Priit J. Vesilind Ed Kashi Hanging in the Balance: Chesapeake Bay June 1993 Tom Horton Robert W. Madden Chesapeake Bay boy leaping on dock Lightning: Natures High Voltage Spectacle July 1993 William R. Newcott Thomas Ives Lightning Tragedy Strikes the Horn of Africa August 1993 Robert Caputo Robert Caputo Somali woman with pale India's Rabari September 1993 Robyn Davidson Dilip Mehta Indian child with camel Labrador October 1993 Robert M. Poole Richard Olsenius Canadian boy smiling The Red Sea November 1993 David Doubilet David Doubilet Emperor angelfish Glass: Capturing the Dance of Light December 1993 William S. Ellis James L. Amos Glass with gold sparkles

1994

+ Title Date Author Photographer Images Macaws January 1994 Charles A. Munn Frans Lanting Macaw bird eating fruit Sea Turtles: In a Race for Survival February 1994 Anne and Jack Rudloe Bill Curtsinger Sea turtle swimming Shanghai March 1994 William S. Ellis Stuart Franklin Shanghai bicyclists The Everglades: Dying for Help April 1994 Alan Mairson Chris Johns Newborn alligators Turkey May 1994 Thomas B. Allen Reza Turkish woman dancing Powwow June 1994 Michael Parfit David Alan Harvey Native American family Recycling July 1994 Noel Grove Jose Azel Recycling mill with worker Lions of Darkness August 1994 Dereck Joubert Beverly Joubert Lion with killed Zebra Ireland September 1994 Richard Conniff Sam Abell Irish children with horse Our National Parks October 1994 John G. Mitchell Kurt E. Smith Mount Rainier National Park Buffalo: Back Home on the Range November 1994 Bryan Hodgson Sarah Leen Bisons at Yellowstone Animals at Play December 1994 Stuart L. Brown Mitsuaki Iwagō Japanese macaque

1995

+ Title Date Author Photographer Images Grey Reef Sharks January 1995 Bill Curtsinger Bill Curtsinger Grey reef shark Maya Masterpiece Revealed at Bonampak February 1995 Mary Miller Maya art Dead or Alive: The Endangered Species Act March 1995 Douglas H. Chadwick Joel Sartore Red wolf pup in net The New Saigon April 1995 Tracy Dahlby Karen Kasmauski Vietnamese bride to be The Vimy Flies Again May 1995 Peter McMillan James L. Stanfield Quiet Miracles of the Brain June 1995 Joel Swerdlow Joe McNally Human brain Ndoki: Last Place on Earth July 1995 Douglas Chadwick Michael Nichols African forest elephant Sicily August 1995 Jane Vessels Robert Albert Ward Sicilian actress Hawaii's Vanishing Species September 1995 Elizabeth Royte Chis Johns ʻIʻiwi bird Threatened by War October 1995 Paul F. Salopek Michael Nichols Mountain gorilla Diminishing Returns November 1995 Michael Parfit Robb Kendrick Skipjack tuna Jane Goodall December 1995 Peter Miller Michael Nichols

1996

+ Title Date Author Photographer Images Neandertals January 1996 Rick Gore Kenneth Garrett Neandertal skull Into the Heart of Glaciers February 1996 Not stated Carsten Peter Greenland glacier Emperors of the Ice March 1996 Glen Oeland Frans Lanting Emperor penguins Storming the Tower April 1996 Alan Mairson Bill Hatcher Dinosaur Eggs May 1996 Philip J. Currie Louie Psihoyos Dinosaur egg Australia's Cape York Peninsula June 1996 Cathy Newman Sam Abell Aboriginal Australian A Place for Parks in the New South Africa July 1996 Douglas H. Chadwick Chris Johns Mother Leopard and cub Emerging Mexico August 1996 Not stated Tomasz Tomaszewski Mexican worshipers Hawk High Over Four Corners September 1996 T. H. Watkins Adriel Heisey Monument Valley African Gold October 1996 Carol Beckwith African woman wearing Jewellery The Astronomer's' View of Home: Orbit November 1996 Jay Apt NASA Genghis Khan December 1996 Mike Edwards James L. Stanfield Bronze Plaque of Genghis Khan

1997

+ Title Date Author Photographer Images Beneath the Tasman Sea January 1997 David Doubilet David Doubilet Sawshark Siberian Tigers February 1997 Mike Edwards Mark Moritsch Siberian tiger Bearded Seals March 1997 Kit Kovacs Flip Nicklin Bearded seal Hubble's Eye on the Universe April 1997 William R. Newcott Dying sun India Turning Fifty May 1997 Geoffrey C. Ward Steve McCurry Indian woman French Polynesia June 1997 Peter Benchley David Doubilet Tahitian woman Robot Revolution July 1997 Curt Suplee George Steinman Robot Malaysia's Secret Realm August 1997 Mattias Klum Mattias Klum Silvered leaf monkey China's Three Gorges September 1997 Arthur Zich Bob Sacha Chinese boatman Zambezi October 1997 Paul Theroux Chris Johns Luvale children drumming North Woods Journal November 1997 Jim Brandenburg Jim Brandenburg Mallard ducks Wild Tigers December 1997 Geoffrey C. Ward Michael Nichols Tigress and her cub

1998

+ Title Date Author Photographer Images Making Sense of the Millennium January 1998 Joel Swerdlow George Steinmetz Sahara Desert Queen Maud Land February 1998 Jon Krakauer Gordon Wiltsie Kubus Mountain Planet of the Beatles March 1998 Douglas H. Chadwick Mark W. Moffett Longhorn beetle The Vanishing Prairie dog April 1998 Michael E. Long Raymound Gehman Prairie dog Unlocking the Climate Puzzle May 1998 Curt Suplee Joanna B. Pinneo Tuareg family in the shade Trans-Siberian Railroad June 1998 Fen Montaigne Gerd Ludwig Russian man Dinosaurs Take Wings July 1998 Jennifer Ackerman O. Louis Mazzatenta Feathered dinosaur Return to Mars August 1998 William R. Newcott NASA Sojourner (rover) Valley of the Kings September 1998 Kent R. Weeks Kenneth Garrett King Tut Alabaster Population October 1998 Joel L. Swerdlow Karen Kasmauski Bangladesh mother and child Maui's Monster Waves: Jaws November 1998 Joel Achenbach Patrick McFeeley Laird Hamilton surfing Petra: Ancient City of Stone December 1998 Don Belt Annie Griffiths Belt Petra

1999

+ Title Date Author Photographer Images Coral Eden January 1999 David Doubilet David Doubilet Biodiversity: The Fragile Web February 1999 Joel L. Swerdlow Frans Lanting Australian Spadefoot frog El Niño/La Niña March 1999 Curt Suplee NASA Hurricane Linda Return to the Battle of Midway April 1999 Thomas B. Allen David Doubilet World War II planes Africa's Wild Dogs May 1999 Richard Conniff Chris Johns African wild dogs Cuba June 1999 John J. Putman Alan Harvey Cuban boy in car Iran: Testing the Waters of Reform July 1999 Fen Montaigne Alexandra Avakian Iranian woman Global Culture August 1999 Joel L. Swerdlow Joe McNally Fashion Model and her mother in India Around at Last September 1999 Bertrand Piccard Breitling SA Breitling Orbiter 3 Secrets of the Gene October 1999 James Shreeve Karen Kasmauski Genetically engineered pig Inca Sacrifice November 1999 Johan Reinhard Maria Stenzel Inca gold figurine Cheetahs December 1999 Richard Conniff Chris Johns Cheetah and her cub

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References

External links

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