among the most social and intelligent of marine animals, have unique family structures and behaviors, passed from one generation to the next. National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry traveled ...

Captive wild animal encounters are hugely ... This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. I’ve come back to check on a baby. Just after dusk I’m in a car ...

A team spanning 15 countries is raising endangered sharks from aquariums and reintroducing them to the wild, starting in ... of the planet's oceans. The National Geographic Society has funded ...

a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University who has observed the animals in the wild for years. Here are more discoveries that are changing what we know about chimp moms—and revealing how ...

The average African safari in the daytime typically only sees around 30% of mammals — with around 70% of them nocturnal, among them the bush baby ... animals’ howls. Increasingly, watching ...

Narrated by English comedian Ross Noble, the documentary series follows the fascinating, if sometimes revolting, behavior of animal species around the globe.

Photographers have unprecedented tools, opportunities, and reach to find their animal ... National Geographic photographer Beverly Joubert, who has spent decades photographing African wildlife.

(Discover 10 wild experiences in national parks.) Be aware that large crowds and unnatural noises cause distress, especially for animals that have experienced fear-based training, separation from ...

particularly on little-studied wild parrots. “We’ve always known in our hearts,” he says, “that parrots are pretty smart animals.” The National Geographic Society, committed to ...

For his photograph of this extraordinary phenomenon, called “Creation,” Ballesta, a frequent National Geographic photographer, has won the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year ...

Fatherless reproduction in animals that normally require two parents ... though Booth hypothesizes that geographic isolation from males and captivity may have a lot to do with it.

Their simplicity has led scientists to suggest sponges were the earliest animals to arise on our planet. But exactly when that happened remains under debate. However, most claims of extremely old ...