Their unusual story began about a hundred years ago. Now, as they head to the high north, an ambitious new chapter is being ...

which we’re featuring in this special issue on endangered wildlife. From National Geographic’s Photo Ark and Joel Sartore, Vanishing: The World’s Most Vulnerable Animals is available where ...

After plans stalled for a new dam in the Czech Republic, eight beavers saved the day seemingly overnight. “At this point, ...

This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.

This story appears in the April 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine ... in their beds and basements and bathrooms, wild animals kept as pets live side by side with their human owners.

In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting ...

We talked to experts about where the science is on risks to humans and how the virus is messing with the food supply.

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

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

Once a familiar sight along Britain’s riverbanks, water voles now face extinction—thanks to a new predator. Can these promising conservation programs save them?

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

They may have been drawn to the discarded remains from ancient human meals, and a new model shows tame wolves could have ...