Here's how Jorge the sea turtle prepared for the improbable journey—decades after he was found tangled in a fishing net off ...

Just as artificial intelligence (AI) powers Amazon's Alexa, Gmail's spam filter, and Facebook's new friends suggestions, it’s now being used to help out the animal world.

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes ...

After being hunted to eradication in Washington and Oregon in the 1930s and 1940s, the gray wolf’s recovery in these states ...

Despite being one of the most photographed natural spaces in the world, stories of the Okavango Delta are rarely told by ...

There’s no unified national effort to help animals hurt by fires, Gonçalves says. Rescues are done on a local, optional basis, and their extent varies widely in different areas.

China hopes to become a global leader in protected nature reserves, creating a network of wilderness that would be three ...

A first-ever collaboration between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian examines the birth of natural history.

Putting the well-being of animals first should be every photographer’s goal. National Geographic photographers share tips on how they do it.

Their enemies portrayed them as barbarians, but their artifacts tell a different story. Between their weapons, jewelry, and ...

In the deep seas found at the Earth’s poles, explorers are still finding elusive and mysterious sea creatures. On an ...