“The challenge was to get the camera-to-subject distance just right and light them well enough to have them pop off the colorful background,” he told National Geographic in an email. (See the ...

National Geographic Little Kids magazine is tailor-made for the youngest explorers, introducing them to animals and the wonders of the world through age-appropriate stories and vibrant visuals.

This is known as Peto’s paradox. Da Silva theorizes that the paradox only holds when animals have evolved adaptations to having bigger bodies. “It could be that because large breeds have been ...

In an effort to save the unique animal, the Indian government and nonprofits ... face the same level of restrictions as they would in a national park.” (See 10 amazing pictures of reptiles.) ...

“If you see a joro spider, take a photo of it, and put it on a iNaturalist so that scientists know where these animals are being seen,” he says. “If you're worried about them in your yard or ...

Drawing a road map of typical cognitive development in puppies can help predict which ones could excel as service animals and also help new dog parents raise great dogs. Meet the ...

Wombats are a burrowing animal native to Australia perhaps best-known for being, well, pudgy—and quite cute. Recently, you might have seen that these adorable marsupials use their hard butts to ...

Scientists first observed this comical behavior among day octopus in 2018 and 2019 in the Red Sea, which intrigued National Geographic Explorer ... Planck Institute of Animal Behavior. “ ...

Nevertheless, Emmanuel Gheerbrant, a researcher for the National Center for Scientific Research in France, speculates that Africa "must have been a laboratory for some very peculiar animals." ...

Though measuring animal intelligence is tricky ... Carolina at Chapel Hill and senior author of the study, told National Geographic at the time. "You're not likely to find these abilities in ...

National Geographic Education emphasizes how kids can become responsible global citizens and take care of the world's resources, animals, and people. Parents need to know that National Geographic ...

Yet despite the widespread fascination with orcas, they remain one of the most poorly understood animals in the ocean. Scientists estimate that about 50,000 killer whales roam the global seas ...