Oftentimes referred to as the “king of the jungle,” lions are highly social and intelligent creatures. These big cats are also critical to maintaining the health of their ecosystem. National ...

The real killer of Napoleon’s army revealed by DNA testing The US Air Force plane that just crash-landed in a field was a new ...

Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the ...

A new study sheds light on how these reptiles become “mummies” and paints a picture of what these ancient animals looked like ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...

This is an important and long-awaited week for King Charles in his mission to promote interfaith harmony. For the first time ...

Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with ...

President Obama creates a national monument in Delaware, finally bringing the National Park Service to all 50 states.

Maynard Owen Williams was National Geographic's first foreign correspondent, and in 1923 he was on hand for an event the entire world was eagerly anticipating—the opening of King Tut's burial chamber.

Dan Buettner's iconic National Geographic cover story transformed our idea of what makes for a long, healthy life. It's now published online for the first time. OKINAWA, JAPANSquatting effortlessly on ...

The carcasses analyzed were found with tusks intact and showed no signs of injuries, poisoning, or contamination.

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 ...