I made all these photos from my car. There are so many people driving around the national parks in Africa and elsewhere that the animals simply ignore cars and it’s easy to get close.

Reptiles first appear in the fossil record 315 million years ago and were the dominant animals during the Mesozoic era, which lasted for 270 million years until the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Some transport water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide either into or out of the animal. Others fight bacteria or fungal infections. And at least one—in each species—is used for defense. To warn ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Making those photos felt epic because you know this animal is never going to come this way again.

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. At 14 to 19 feet tall, giraffes tower over the entire animal kingdom. But their iconic height, which evolved over ...

This story appears in the November 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. County fairs are a little like beauty pageants for animals. The way we selectively breed goats and sheep has shaped ...