Few figures in history have done more to change our understanding of the natural world. We celebrate Jane Goodall’s ...

They help the environment, but they also help our souls. In 2018 we’ll explore the wonder of birds, and why we can’t live ...

This lesser-known African safari destination offers fewer crowds, rare wildlife, deep cultural connections and impressive ...

The Serengeti is rightfully popular, but Tanzania has 23 national parks, many of which offer very different safari ...

He photographed the darkly colored, paperclip-size tadpoles in Cedar Lake, part of Canada’s Vancouver Island. “The challenge was to get the camera-to-subject distance just right and light them well ...

Videos of friendly, gentle foxes approaching humans, seemingly wanting to play, are going viral on TikTok. But just because a ...

In her own research in Uganda, Reddy studied four adolescent male chimpanzees who adopted their younger siblings after their ...

Certain animals have displayed unusual behavior when the moon crosses paths with the sun—but there are a lot of unknowns. The 2024 total solar eclipse provided some answers. Mexican free-tailed bats ...

New video shows sharks swimming through hoops, and picking them up with their noses. It sure looks like they are having fun.

This story originally published in the July 1906 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. Looking back to that period, many years ago, when the finger ...

Highlighting the best wildlife photography across land and sea, see some of the winning photos from this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. South African photographer Wim van den Heever ...

Even though cats were domesticated relatively recently, their relationship with us has already changed them in surprising ways. Sphinx catCats kept as pets, like this sphinx cat, likely will change ...