Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our species’ survival. Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that has become ...

CETI hopes that if humans can understand what’s going on inside whales’ minds—and, eventually, the minds of other animals—it ... a marine biologist and National Geographic Explorer ...

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 ...

With over 20 quadrillion ants worldwide, ants dominate the Earth's biomass. Learn why these social insects thrive in nearly ...

This article is adapted from Joel Sartore’s new book, Vanishing, published by National Geographic Books. Joel Sartore has been photographing animals for his Photo Ark project for 13 years.

She took the animal home to live with her and her husband ... This story appears in the November 2024 issue of National Geographic magazine.

National Geographic photographer Jasper Doest captured ... This region has seen a rise in bear-human conflicts as the animals become more used to human interaction. This ultimately fuels local ...

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The discovery of worms and snails confirms that these still-mysterious, dark hotspots of life extend beyond what’s visible ...

David Gruber, National Geographic Explorer and founder of Project CETI, discusses how AI is helping researchers decipher ...

Almost every state has an officially recognized nickname. For example, Texas is known as "The Lone Star State" and California ...

Psychologists know that childhood trauma, or the experience of harmful or adverse events, can have lasting repercussions on ...