According to NatureServe, an organization that keeps tabs on North American flora and fauna, more than 7,000 of those species ...

The annual Great Migration of millions of wildebeest and zebras across the plains of the Serengeti is one of the world’s ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological ...

In a study based on measurements of the bite force of living crocodilians, researchers have concluded that the ancient Sarcosuchus imperator "SuperCroc" had jaws of steel that no prey not even small ...

In Panama, jaguars in fragmented territory have clashed with local ranchers and livestock. Now a National Geographic Explorer ...

Living outside their natural Chinese habitat can disturb giant pandas’ internal rhythms, a finding that could lead to better ...

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COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA — A layer of frost clings to the grass on the morning Tony DeNicola sets out to check his trap. It’s ...

The other is that snakes don’t gather in general, since people tend to only come across one snake at a time. “So there was ...

Although sharks aren’t the mindless man-eaters they are sometimes made out to be, experts know that staying safe involves skill, knowledge, and practice. Host Bertie Gregory filming a ragged tooth ...

National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore is halfway through a multiyear effort to document our planet’s incredible ...