An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

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

After plans stalled for a new dam in the Czech Republic, eight beavers saved the day seemingly overnight. “At this point, ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. A naked mole rat. That was photographer Joel Sartore’s first model in 2006 when he began making studio portraits of ...

An intact, fossilized specimen of the world’s largest egg—of any known species ever on Earth—entered the National Geographic Society's collection in 1967. The elephant bird belongs to a ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... for the International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN. “Where’s the dodo or the passenger pigeon ...

Once a familiar sight along Britain’s riverbanks, water voles now face extinction—thanks to a new predator. Can these ...

Garland, who is also a National Geographic Explorer, has listened to hundreds of hours of whale songs for hundreds of hours and use short pauses and characteristic sequences to identify the indivi ...

The esteemed nature ... world of animal conservation as scientists successfully proved the viability of in vitro fertilization in critically endangered rhino species. National Geographic has ...