Hugo stole hearts when he was born in September at the John Ball Zoo. Now he's at it again, this time making his public debut ...

John Ball Zoo gives us our first look at Hugo, its nearly two-month-old Pygmy Hippo calf. Curator Tim Sampson was kind enough ...

Nile crocodiles are generally considered to be much more aggressive than American alligators or American crocodiles,” says Adam Rosenblatt, an expert on crocodilians and postdoctoral associate at the ...

The Red Sea was thought to host ecosystems resilient to warming waters, but a 2023 heatwave proves otherwise. A juvenile Red Sea anemonefish, also called a clownfish, looks out from between the ...

From the oracles of ancient Rome to Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, humans have long turned to the dream world to decode the mysteries of the mind. Lu Chin's mid-16th century painting entitled "Zhuangzi ...

Errol Doebler, onetime Navy SEAL and FBI agent, has used breathwork throughout his career. From surviving SEAL training and special operations with the 75th Ranger Regiment in Afghanistan in 2010, to ...

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 ...

Learn more about the giant nameless vulture that likely fed on dead megafauna.

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests. This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 727 and 771 years old, ...

No, there are no actual hippos in Hippo, Kentucky. The name of this town comes from one of its twentieth-century residents, ...

It sounds backward, but research suggests a cup of coffee followed by a short nap could sharpen focus and fight fatigue. Coffee before sleep sounds counterintuitive, but scientists say this unusual ...

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 ...