In the rugged terrain where Mexico and the United States meet, a border wall is just the latest obstacle fragmenting habitats ...

The Russian government takes action weeks after video footage showed the animals languishing in freezing waters.

Once at risk of being wiped out, humpback whales charted a remarkable comeback thanks to their songs. In 1979, National ...

These 10 standout images were among thousands of stunning submissions in National Geographic’s Your Shot Pictures of the Year ...

The twins were born to a 22-year-old female named Mafuko, who lost her own mother to armed individuals. The extremely ...

The heroes who saved the world's last tigers Despite early conservation successes, by the 1990s the world's tiger population was under dire threat. In this beautifully photographed feature, National ...

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 ...

Conservationists went to dramatic lengths to save the birds, including pumping boiling hot water into the ground to ward off fire ants. Florida grasshopper sparrow chicks peer up out of their ground ...

The National Geographic Explorer dedicated her life not just to chimpanzees, but global conservation. Jane Goodall studied the chimpanzees of Gombe starting in 1960, making hers the longest field ...

The California-based Animal Legal Defense Fund works to prevent animal abuse and strengthen anti-cruelty laws, but they also have a lighter side, regularly releasing their Top Ten Weirdest Animal Laws ...

From DNA sequencing to fingerprint analysis, forensic scientists are using groundbreaking new tools to stop animal smugglers—one gorilla handprint at a time. A border officer with CITES, the ...

As Bertie Gregory remembers it, the seeds of his passion might have been sown in the fields of English farmers, near his childhood home, where an endless wildlife drama unfolded. He recalls spending ...