This story originally published in the August 1963 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. Up on the mountains the midday sun glared fiercely, but ...

Jane Adams began her career on the New York stage, where she won a Tony Award before going on to carve out a career as a well-known independent film player and occasional character actress in ...

Three months before her death at 91, Jane Goodall was in Tanzania. Goodall famously kept up a relentless travel schedule into her 80s and 90s, giving lectures about the importance of protecting ...

Jane Seymour celebrated her 75th birthday with her former "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" co-stars. Although the actress’ actual birthday is February 15, the star celebrated with her former co-stars Joe ...