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 ...

Two new papers have shown that dogs were fully distinct from wolves—and companions with people—more than 14,000 years ago.

Being able to reproduce both sexually and asexually gives the dragons an evolutionary edge, Garcia says. If no mate is handy, a female can bear sons parthenogenetically—and when they’re older, they ...

A pest to ranchers, a prize to hunters, and a temperamental tank to anything that bothers it, African buffalo roam by the thousands in sub-Saharan Africa. Cape buffalo, one of four distinct subspecies ...

It’s not brutish human nature that prompts nasty posts and tweets, the author says. But how we evolved does play a role.

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

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 ...

Bertie Gregory reflects on the secret yet crucial lives of bees – and why they could teach our politicians a thing or two ...

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

Bertie Gregory reflects on the secret yet crucial lives of bees – and why they could teach our politicians a thing or two ...

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 ...