In an area of China whose landscape was the inspiration for James Cameron’s Avatar viral videos of caves with heaps of trash ...

BigPicture began in 2014 and has received more than 64,000 images from photographers around the world since launching. The ...

Kaziranga National Park In the heart of Assam, this park is one of the last areas in eastern India undisturbed by a human presence. It is inhabited by the world's largest population of one-horned ...

Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, with its towering sandstone pillars, was the inspiration for the floating mountains in Avatar. These gravity-defying rock formations, often shrouded in mist, create ...

A cherished, fan-favorite red panda at the San Francisco Zoo died of a parasitic infection, the zoo announced Thursday .

Chisomo M’hango is a trainee field ecologist at Musekese Conservation (MC), a nonprofit whose research station is located ...

From pollinating plants to dispersing seeds, birds play a variety of crucial roles that help to keep ecosystems in balance.

Some species quickly responded to lower levels of human activity, but whether their return to urban areas is good for them—or not—remains unclear.

Located in a strange lunar landscape of great geological interest, this site has one of the most important groupings of prehistoric cave art in the world. More than 15,000 drawings and engravings ...