Most countries are home to many diverse ecosystems that are home to a wide variety of animals. Some countries are known for ...

Dara Ojo is a master of wildlife macrophotography — extreme close-up shots showing little critters in all their odd, ...

Urban wildlife is evolving right under our noses — and scientists have the skulls to prove it. By examining over a century’s ...

In general, evolution is a long, slow process of tiny changes passed down over generations, resulting in new adaptations and ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

Darkness stretched across the mountains of northern Peru, coaxing a golden-eyed creature out of its hiding place. It perched on a leaf and made a “peep-like” sound. Suddenly, a beam of light cut ...

Putting the well-being of animals first should be every photographer’s goal. National Geographic photographers share tips on how they do it.

In the Andes Mountains of northern Peru, a long-tailed mammal with a “facial mask” moved through the undergrowth. Suddenly, ...

Sarah McLachlan was on a cruise off the coast of California recently when the political shifts that have taken place in the ...

Las Cruces, in southwestern New Mexico, blends mountain and desert scenery with Mexican, Native American and Western culture.

When living things are faced with dramatic shifts in the world around them, they sometimes rapidly adapt to better survive.

Looking at the scenery along a shallow creek, OP spotted movement that turned out to be two young deer at play in the shallow ...