National Geographic helped the famous conservationist get her start—and followed her chimpanzee research and advocacy for ...

By far the largest ever found of its kind, the spiny fossil predator "would have made enough scampi to feed an army," one ...

The color change, driven by hormones, seems aimed at preventing males from accidentally mating with each other.

The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was ...

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

Highlighting the best wildlife photography across land and sea, see some of the winning photos from this year's Wildlife ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), white-nose syndrome has killed more than six million bats in just ...

In a study based on measurements of the bite force of living crocodilians, researchers have concluded that the ancient Sarcosuchus imperator "SuperCroc" had jaws of steel that no prey not even small ...

When George Shiras published his wildlife photographs in National Geographic it transformed the medium with his novel use of ...

Through her groundbreaking work with chimps in Africa, Goodall helped people understand that animals are sentient and ...

A town in southeastern Colorado hosts a yearly tarantula festival, attracting both tourists and scientists studying tarantula ...

They enthralled sailors. They inspired Darwin. Then, by the mid 19th-century, the iconic Floreana tortoise was gone. Here’s how a group of persistent scientists unlocked the secrets to bringing them ...