They may have been drawn to the discarded remains from ancient human meals, and a new model shows tame wolves could have ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

This is only the second time the species has been recorded while alive. “I thought it was A.I.,” says fish biologist Kory Evans.

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The largest agricultural boom on the planet threatens to destroy a spectacular savanna. Here's what happens when progress ...

A new study observed Amazon river dolphins for 218.9 hours and saw males spurt urine into the air 36 times—proof that the behavior is more common than we thought.

The most common word is used twice as often as the second most common word, three times as often as the third most common ...

With elephants paving the way ... noticed that numbers of wetland birds in the Delta were decreasing, the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project (NGOWP) was established to find the ...

When farmers began domesticating animals, those cattle ... thanks The Rockefeller Foundation and members of the National Geographic Society for their generous support of this series of articles.

The turtles danced with the most enthusiasm in the tank when they knew they would get food. This was "strong evidence" that ...

Federal data only tells part of the story of how the global wildlife trade is fueling nature loss, a new study shows.