While the birth is sparking joy, infant mountain gorillas are vulnerable, and twins can be twice as hard for a mother to take ...

You may have a different list of National Geographic photos that spoke most strongly to you over the past 10 years. There are, of course, no “right” answers—just images that matter to you, that touch ...

Mating calls and rituals can be intercepted, or drowned out, by invasive species. Scientists are just starting to understand ...

The twins were born to a 22-year-old female named Mafuko, who lost her own mother to armed individuals. The extremely endangered species currently numbers at just over 1,000.

The endangered big cats are hanging on in Russia, the first country-wide survey of the animal suggests, while scientists and ...

Preserved by dry, cool air and darkness, the cheetah mummies are offering scientists DNA insights into a lost population and ...

After reviewing recent genetic, morphological, and biogeographic studies on giraffes, scientists have now split the single ...

Legal experts say the Northern Corridor Highway would be unlawful.

With just over 1,000 mountain gorillas left in the wild, any evidence of reproduction is cause for celebration. But the news out of the Democratic Republic of Congo this week is doubly exciting—a ...

The inventory and monitoring program steers decisions in the national park system.

Plenty of islands claim to be Galapagos-like, but are they really? These gorgeous, must-visit destinations have much in ...

Researchers discovered that Hawaiian monk seals use a surprisingly complex range of underwater sounds, including new call types never documented before.