Climate change is speeding the spread of global pathogens. Can an early-warning system for animal viruses help stop pandemics ...

Migrating Canada geese, in their iconic v-formations, can fly an astonishing 1,500 miles in just 24 hours. They can also waddle indefinitely around your local office park. In recent years, more people ...

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 ...

The 10-foot-long arapaima was quickly disappearing in Brazil until local communities stepped in to save it—and themselves. A close-up view of an arapaima from the Brazilian Amazon shows its unique ...

These cats face a plethora of threats from shrinking habitat, diminishing prey, conflict with humans, poaching, and more. But a new report describes isolated success stories that show population ...

They say every generation thinks it's the end of the world. But the Santa Cruz long-toed salamander has been staring at oblivion since 1967 That’s the year the amphibian was listed under the ...

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 ...

It’s the longest migration of any freshwater fish in the world, according to new research—and that creates a host of dangers for this unusual animal. The dorado (pictured, a juvenile from Brazil) is ...

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an evolutionary urge to reach beyond their boundaries. Today, many are ...

A rancher took a backhoe to a critical nesting ground. His conviction, advocates say, “sets a crucial precedent for environmental justice.” Magellanic penguins have a stretch of white feathers that ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

As National Geographic reimagines its iconic headquarters for the 21st century, here’s a look back at its history as a base for both Cold War spies and the Society’s own Explorers. The National ...