Captive wild animal encounters are hugely popular, thanks partly to social media. But our investigation shows many creatures lead dismal lives. For $10, tourists can pose with this tiger at Phuket ...

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

National Geographic Wild’s gill-ty pleasure, SharkFest, returns for its wildest season yet this July! With over 25 hours of ...

National Geographic's 100 best images of the year ... or safety gear—up a crack on the 3,000-foot southwest face of El ... York, in a pool used in his tiger show at Myrtle Beach ...

On July 30, 2003, a team of Spanish and French scientists reversed time. They brought an animal back from extinction, if only to watch it become extinct again. The animal they revived was a kind ...

Joel Sartore, photographer and conservationist, visits the Capital City inspiring Topekans to take part in conserving local ...

Events in the Middle East, like tremors along a fault line, often send shockwaves far beyond the region’s jagged frontiers.

He also produced and narrated documentaries for BBC, Discovery and National Geographic, most recently My Tiger Family, which chronicled his 50-year journey with Ranthambore’s big cats.

Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and has been a longtime diplomat in ...