A 55-million-year-old fossil of a predator discovered in New Zealand is offering new insights into ancient marine ecosystems ...

Bald eagles roost in a tree against dark clouds in Alaska. Bald eagle roosts are crucial for survival, providing communal warmth, energy conservation, and protection from harsh we ...

A rare blue whale with albinism was spotted off the coast of Loreto, Mexico, in what is being heralded as "an unprecedented milestone for marine biology." According to a Friday, March 6 press release ...

A National Geographic explorer joins KhoiSan trackers to search for a mysterious elephant lineage.

'You could smell the elephants, but you don’t see them. They’re ghosts,' said the explorer.

National Geographic's Ghost Elephants is a feature documentary chronicling the search for Africa's most elusive elephant.

A few teeth, smaller than a grain of rice, are changing the map of your earliest primate relatives. They come from a creature called Purgatorius, a tiny tree-dwelling mammal that lived about 66 ...

In 1952, 52 servicemen died in a plane crash in Alaska’s Chugach Mountains. The discovery of their bodies may have been aided by a warming planet. An Alaska National Guard helicopter takes off at ...

On a hot February morning, Galápagos National Park rangers released 50 giant tortoises back to Floreana Island—marking the ...

The naked mole rat is finger size, nearly blind, and not particularly cute, even when judged on a rodents-only curve. It also could hold the secret to near immortality: The naked mole rat lives for ...

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

This isn't the animal you want to be sneaking up on for a playful shoulder tap. A tourist was quickly reminded that bison aren't looking to play games after the huge animal got wise to their presence.