Sea otters are among the world’s most playful and adorable animals. They are beloved for their charming ... Many of these otters can be found in the waters around Glacier Bay National Park, Kodiak ...

For centuries, locals have told stories of mokele-mbembe, a legendary creature said to lurk in the Congo Basin. But as ...

The Majestic Maasai Mara, Kenya ' Picture this: millions of wildebeest, zebras, and gazelles thundering across the plains in ...

Kate Rodriguez-Clark is an animal matchmaking guru. Among her responsibilities as a population ecologist for the Smithsonian, ...

Hard ground Barasingha, also known as the swamp deer, is the mascot of Kanha Tiger Reserve. It is endemic to Kanha and is the official state animal of Madhya Pradesh ...

For centuries, at least, the indigenous Bantu peoples of Central, East, and Southern Africa have traded tales of a lumbering ...

An animal rights group has slammed Ocean Park Hong Kong for “not caring about animals,” after the theme park suspended the sale of a panda-themed luxury watch following a backlash against its ...

Near a campsite in southeastern Africa, a “golden”-eyed creature sat in the sand and called out with “high-pitched notes.” ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. A naked mole rat. That was photographer Joel Sartore’s first model in 2006 when he began making studio portraits of ...

Cold Waves in the Rainforest: What They Mean for Wild Animals Jan. 30, 2025 — It's not always cozy and warm in the Amazon rainforest: Cold waves can cause temperatures to drop drastically.

They are the perfect habitat, or home, for lots of different animals. This spiny starfish is the rock pool’s top predator. This means that it sits at the top of the food chain. No other animals ...

The animal’s 18 teeth were small, like a beluga’s, and twisted, like a narwhal’s tusk. Those teeth may have changed the way the narluga fed, not hunting on cod, squid, ... Ashley started at The ...