“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 ...

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 ...

The swamp is a forested wetland made up of both water and land. Swamp animals include mammals, reptiles, birds, insects, ...

Oct. 4, 2024 — Researchers discover that geckos use a mechanism usually associated with balance to sense vibrations, leading to new insights about how animals hear ...

If you haven’t given it much thought, you probably think non-human animals see the world the same way we do. The truth is the world looks very different to most other animals than it does to us. Most ...

The alligator lay perfectly still on the edge of the canal in Everglades National Park’s Shark Valley. In front of her, half ...

Scientists analyzed hairs extracted from the broken teeth of two 19th century 'man-eater' lions. Their analysis revealed DNA from giraffe, human, oryx, waterbuck, wildebeest and zebra as prey, along ...

Around 10 million animals die from animal abuse, neglect or cruelty every year in the U.S. Cruelty and abuse to animals is correlated to domestic violence and other abuse toward humans.

The giant sable antelope was first discovered in the early 20th century and went on to become Angola’s national animal. However, due to their striking horns, the antelopes soon became a target ...

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