Every winter, a marvelous spectacle occurs as hundreds of thousands of butterflies travel south across Taiwan in one of the world’s most rare migrations.

A woman with a heart for animals started a wildlife education center with a few animal companions from college, a boa ...

Remains of an ancient Arctic rhino indicate that land mammals traversed the North Atlantic via land bridges, and did so much ...

If you've seen one of those smiling axolotl that look like a Pokémon, you might've thought: 'I gotta catch 'em all." But will ...

While the birth is sparking joy, infant mountain gorillas are vulnerable, and twins can be twice as hard for a mother to take ...

In the last two years, National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek traversed the Chinese countryside, marched along the Korean Demilitarized Zone and fended off grizzly bears in Alaska. Now, his ...

National Geographic has narrowed down more than a million photos to just 25, naming them the pictures of the year. Here's a look at the images capturing our planet. Donald Trump changes his mind on ...

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem.

The issue features striking wildlife photos highlighting endangered species and fragile ecosystems. Some photos also show once-endangered species bouncing back thanks to conservation efforts. National ...

A sperm whale floats amid shards of polar pack ice, dead and decomposing, mouth hanging open. When photographer Roie Galitz captured the scene with a drone, the image was so arresting that it took a ...

We often mindlessly trample on snails and earthworms because they move so slowly compared to the average human, but there’s a whole world of animals out there that are even slower. These are animals ...