Africa’s Great Migration sees millions of wildebeest and zebra thunder across the sun-bleached savannah, drawn by instinct to cross crocodile-infested rivers where predators lie in wait. But beyond ...

See the best animal photos of 2018. Get up close to a shark feeding frenzy and meat-eating bats in these amazing pictures selected by National Geographic editors.

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

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes ...

Arabian cobra becomes 12,000th animal added to ark of at-risk species. The milestone image in National Geographic’s Photo Ark emphasizes reptiles, many of which are in danger of extinction.

In the deep seas found at the Earth’s poles, explorers are still finding elusive and mysterious sea creatures. On an ...

For the first time, Antarctic krill have been found on seafloor vents. One scientist is working to figure out what they are ...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” might not be fiction for much longer, if memory researcher Steve Ramirez gets his way.

He became a National Geographic Explorer in 2023. “As a human being, a photojournalist, and a Jordanian, “he says, “I’m proud to tell the story of the Al Ma’wa sanctuary, which gives a ...

This 15-week-old zebra shark, like all zebra sharks, had developed in an egg. But that egg had been laid at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium in Australia and was flown to Indonesia, where it hatched in a ...

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A better understanding of how these amphibians grow new appendages may lead to better wound healing—or even new limbs—in ...