This still image of a wolf at night comes from a camera trap, which was part of an experiment investigating wolf behavior in ...

LOS ANGELES -- In order to keep up with the animals and tell their story, the "Animals Up Close With Bertie Gregory" crew had to push themselves to the limits. As a wildlife filmmaker and National ...

According to NatureServe, an organization that keeps tabs on North American flora and fauna, more than 7,000 of those species ...

Despite early conservation successes, by the 1990s the world's tiger population was under dire threat. In this beautifully ...

The Serengeti is rightfully popular, but Tanzania has 23 national parks, many of which offer very different safari ...

Living outside their natural Chinese habitat can disturb giant pandas’ internal rhythms, a finding that could lead to better ...

Anyone who grew up watching The Lion King, or watched it as a parent, has a slight soft spot for lion points of pride. How ...

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes can be their biggest advantages. Found across every continent except ...

This story originally published in the July 1906 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. Looking back to that period, many years ago, when the finger ...

If you've ever noticed human-like qualities about your pets, you're not going nuts—several animals, even the most exotic-seeming wildlife, do have a surprising amount in common with us mere homo ...

Highlighting the best wildlife photography across land and sea, see some of the winning photos from this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest. South African photographer Wim van den Heever ...

A wolf caught on camera in British Columbia has become the latest animal to be recognized for using tools, a trait once ...