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.

The founder of the Mormon Church rocked 19th-century America with his spiritual visions, his belief in polygamy—and even a presidential run. Joseph Smith, Jr., the founder and leader of the Church of ...

January doesn’t skimp on cosmic sightseeing. The month begins with a vibrant supermoon, continues with the year’s best Jupiter view, and ends with multiple moon-planet conjunctions. Aurora activity ...

Some species are at their most active in winter, whether they’re flying, feeding, or mating. From elephant seals in ...

An interview with award-winning filmaker and National Geographic Explorer Aishwarya Sridhar on her award-winning documentary, ...

Captive wild animal encounters are hugely popular, thanks partly to social media. But our investigation shows many creatures ...

Mark Brownlow, a veteran director known for the BBC's award-winning Frozen Planet II and Blue Planet II, has faced danger numerous times in his decades-long career as a wildlife filmmaker.

In Churchill, Canada, polar bears gather by the hundreds in the fall, waiting for the nearby bay to freeze. The human ...

Greenland’s remote eastern fjords are a place of elemental beauty, where glaciers carve through the land, musk oxen roam ancient valleys and human resilience is tested against the raw power of nature.

Why do we care about places we may never visit? Why do stories about wildlife, people and cultures stay with us long after we ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

Sling Orange is one of the best streaming options for BBC America. The service’s low monthly price and selection of channels that includes ESPN, ESPN2, Disney Channel, Freeform and more than 30 other ...