Both animals occupy fissures in the coastline ... of Washington’s Center for Ecosystem Sentinels and a National Geographic Explorer. “They’re comical, they’re curious, they’re endearing.” ...

At a time when record crowds are seeing visitors to some U.S. national parks asked to pre ... beavers and smaller animals are the sole year-round residents. For many, its attraction—centered ...

Photograph by Ian Teh, Panos Pictures/Redux “People in Hanoi ... where farmers kept cows as labor animals while locals preferred to eat other meats, such as water buffalo.

Raising and training falcons in captivity can help conserve these beloved symbols of the Arabian Peninsula. A female saker falcon guards her chicks—called eyases—in their nest overlooking the ...

an ecologist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. That means that getting from one place to another comes with big stakes for the animal and its ecosystem. In 2020, Bartlow ...

Pablo “Popi” García Borboroglu and Bertie Gregory have been named the 2025 Rolex National Geographic Explorers of the Year. Borboroglu has been an Explorer since receiving the National ...

Modern ants are one of the most dominant animal groups on Earth ... expanding their geographic and temporal diversity.” The fossil also tells a more detailed story of what the world looked ...

They also can remain submerged for over 20 minutes. PHOTOGRAPH BY Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Image Collection By mid-December, as the Antarctic summer approaches, the chicks have started to ...

Females usually came out on top. Photograph by Christian Ziegler By banding together in coalitions—meaning groups of two or more animals, but usually three to five—female bonobos both reduce ...

Their work builds on several decades of findings in the field of animal communication—not only in sperm whales but throughout the animal world, from songbird syntax to chimpanzee gestures and ...

"Many times, loving pet parents have the best intentions, but traveling can be stressful for some animals," said veterinarian Lilian Wong to National Geographic. "Animals might not understand all ...

A newly described species from Hawaiʻi hides itself with carcasses to avoid getting eaten by spiders. Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn ...