Biruté Galdikas was the third of the so-called Trimates, alongside Dian Fossey and Jane Goodall. She spent thousands of hours ...

New science is showing that nature’s vital pollinators are smarter than we ever imagined. Here’s why that discovery should ...

The National Geographic Society announced today that the National Geographic Museum of Exploration will open at its global headquarters on June 26. The opening marks a major revitalization of the ...

National Geographic has locked in June 26, as opening day for its long awaited Museum of Exploration. The reimagined, family ...

The state-of-the-art museum from the National Geographic Society celebrates exploration, the natural world, and visual ...

Joel Sartore, a National Geographic photographer and author of “The Photo Ark,” spoke Thursday about his experiences as a ...

Photographer Justin Hofman (@JustinHofman) provided some of the latest proof of this when sharing what he characterized in the caption of a social media post as "quite likely the first-ever underwater ...

Owning a big dog just means having more to love, right? These 16 big canines certainly think so, with their silly antics that will have you smiling right along.

More than 323 million visitors explored America’s national parks last year, from Acadia in Maine to Zion in Utah.

Hidden beneath the surface of the world’s rivers, some of Earth’s great animal movements unfold – migrations that rival, in sheer biomass, the famous mass movements of zebra and wildebeest across the ...

People can pay $50,000 to clone their dog, but despite sharing an identical genetic makeup, they won't act exactly the same.

For years, Belgian anti-poaching pilot Anthony Caere flew over Virunga's forests and saw nothing but rebels below. No animals. Just armed insurgents in one of ...