In a zoo outside Tokyo, one monkey has pulled heartstrings around the world after forming an unexpected friendship. Stephanie ...

That moment when a 2,000-pound bison decides your car needs a closer inspection, and you’re suddenly eye-to-eye with an ...

Missouri’s changing seasons create distinctly different safari experiences throughout the year, rewarding repeat visitors with new perspectives on the same magnificent animals. Spring brings baby ...

Could Spinosaurus swim? A new fossil with a scimitar-like head crest provides new evidence on the unsettled question.

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today.

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

A review of over 500 reports of cannibalistic behavior in snakes finds it's appeared multiple times in different evolutionary ...

A team of National Geographic Explorers is studying how these bats developed their architectural expertise—while cataloguing the various styles of tents they make. Honduran white bats (Ectophylla Alba ...

A decades-long quest reveals the remarkable truth about how these giant creatures have remained so elusive. The ghost elephants that live in the highlands of Angola behave like almost no others on ...

Blue animals are far rarer than other colorful species, and the reason lies in biology rather than chance. Unlike reds or yellows, blue coloration is difficult to produce using pigments found in ...

She's more than 23 feet long, and verified by Guinness World Records. Snake rescuer Budi Purwanto runs a shelter for rescued pythons. He saved the record-breaking snake Ibu Baron, a name which means ...