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

Much like the Galapagos, the remote Sub-Antarctic islands—a UNESCO World Heritage Site—deliver otherworldly landscapes and ...

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 ...

National Geographic joined an expedition to understand the mysterious creatures of the ice-locked southern continent. Waddling through the snows of a continent reserved for research, a gentoo penguin ...

As safari-goers look beyond the big five, endangered African wild dogs are emerging as one of the continent’s most sought-after sightings. These camps have turned the limelight into sustained ...

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 ...

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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.

After years of self-administering jerry-rigged antivenom and getting outright bitten by snakes, Tim Friede has a ...

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 ...

Most countries pick something sensible for their national animal — the U.S. has the bald eagle Canada has the beaver and Australia has the kangaroo However, some countries looked at that playbook and ...

Dive into the depths of the ocean to discover seven rare deep-sea creatures so strange and elusive, you won't believe they ...