In the first study of its kind, scientists found a correlation between climate change and a rise in urban rat populations.

Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

What are the top facts about the ocean? While much is known about the ocean, a large part of it remains unknown. Here are fun facts about it for people of all ages.

The great Indian bustard is critically endangered, but the Indian government has found a clever way of breeding the species ...

Thousands of marine species from microscopic zooplankton to the largest cetaceans rely on sound for survival and many have ...

Visitors to the National Geographic website can discover trips centered on wildlife. The expedition to Sri Lanka showcases various animals, Australia’s great barrier reef stuns scuba divers, and ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

Johnson. Photograph by Krista Rossow, Nat Geo Image Collection In 1978, Congress nearly doubled the national park’s initial size with the addition of about 36,000 acres that had been logged.

DALLAS, Texas (KTVT) -- Hundreds of animals were killed after a fire swept through a Northwest Dallas shopping center on Friday morning. The Dallas Fire-Rescue Department announced that 579 ...

A 7-year-old boy wandered alone for five days among wild animals through a national park in Zimbabwe. Park rangers found the missing boy safe and sound, Tinashe Farawo, spokesman for the Parks and ...

“Southern residents are a clan named Sk’aliCh’elh, that’s their name…they are not just animals, they are relatives. People are watching their relatives’ children die needlessly.” ...