Following a National Geographic inquiry, the zoo confirms that four more tigers and three lions have the virus. This comes ...

Photojournalist Ami Vitale followed Przewalski’s horses—once declared extinct in the wild—on a 2,000-mile journey back to ...

Calakmul remained relatively undisturbed until gum harvesters in Mexico led an American botanist to them in 1931. Here’s what ...

Legendary chimpanzee researcher Jane Goodall has died, the conservation organization she founded announced on Oct. 1.

They play a crucial role. Researchers thrilled as trail cameras capture rare images of adorable creatures: 'A monthlong field ...

Few figures in history have done more to change our understanding of the natural world. We celebrate Jane Goodall’s remarkable life with rare images from the National Geographic archives.

Linguists say this joyful weirdness isn’t random—it’s rooted in how humans build bonds, play with sound, and treat animals like family. Linguists are uncovering how pet nicknames tap into deep ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations. A rat scurries across West Broadway in New York City. A study looking at rat ...

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

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

By monitoring the movement, health, and environmental conditions of thousands of animals at once, Project ICARUS hopes to ...

First-of-its-kind assessment in seven marine parks in Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia and Mexico finds bountiful ocean predator populations in remote areas—and worryingly few predators in protected ...