From historic Everest summits to Jane Goodall’s chimpanzee research, National Geographic magazine and its famed covers have ...

The return of the iconic predators to the Golden State has been a quiet success story—but this month, state officials ...

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — A layer of frost clings to the grass on the morning Tony DeNicola sets out to check his trap. It’s ...

The other is that snakes don’t gather in general, since people tend to only come across one snake at a time. “So there was ...

The color change, driven by hormones, seems aimed at preventing males from accidentally mating with each other.

A new study sheds light on how these reptiles become “mummies” and paints a picture of what these ancient animals looked like ...

Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the ...

In one of the tests, for example, the dogs could choose between a favored toy that was inaccessible—such as in a box or on a ...

What are some animals that give birth to huge numbers of offspring at once?” (Watch a female sea urchin produce millions of eggs.) The mola, or ocean sunfish, looks like an animal cracker someone bit ...

A new documentary from National Geographic Pristine Seas and Oceans North spotlights how Inuit and Cree communities are ...

When Dwayne LaGrou asked Weird Animal Question of the Week what animals have the largest eyes for their body size, we were sure the answer would be guilty-looking dogs. The actual candidates proved to ...

Lions, white rhinos, elephants, and giraffes have been reintroduced to a park that was once nearly devastated by civil war.