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

The Live-Animal Trade. Every year millions of animals—African grey parrots, marmosets, meerkats, poison dart frogs, pythons, seahorses, whip scorpions—are plucked from the wild and moved ...

San Diego Zoo’s Jenna Stacy-Dawes knows all too well the urgency of her research. Reticulated giraffes across the regions in northern Kenya that she studies have declined up to 70 percent in the ...

Narrated by English comedian Ross Noble, the documentary series follows the fascinating, if sometimes revolting, behavior of ...

The vulture has to be one of the most reviled creatures on Earth.The very word “vulture” is an insult—a synonym for a greedy exploiter. In a way, vultures’ bad reputation is understandable.

New research reveals that people aren’t just imagining it—dogs and their owners share striking similarities, from matching hairstyles to mirrored temperaments.

The Asian elephants, which have been at the center of a long debate over performing animals, will get a 2,500-acre, state-of-the-art habitat.

Activists condemned the government’s recent capture of nearly 350 mustangs, but for those tasked with managing a booming wild horse population in a drought-stricken West, it’s complicated.

“If there is a species that we might be able to engage with in some kind of two-way communication, these guys are really good candidates.” ANIMALS Scientists are finding new clues.

Captive wild animal encounters are hugely popular, thanks partly to social media. But our investigation shows many creatures lead dismal lives. For $10, tourists can pose with this tiger at Phuket ...

She played back "amazing, wild sounds," Stafford recalls. "They weren’t bearded seals, they weren't narwhals, so they must be bowhead whales.". A typical bowhead song lasts for between 45 to 90 ...

Wild bees face a range of threats, from habitat loss and climate change to pesticide exposure. But unlike many of these pressures, competition from honeybees is something humans can actively manage.