Captive wild animal encounters are hugely popular, thanks partly to social media. But our investigation shows many creatures ...

Nikon’s Small World in Motion competition offers a unique window into life under a microscope. A tardigrade, colloquially known as water bears, move around a volvox algae colony. Tardigrades are water ...

A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.

While we can’t usually observe coastal currents from the shoreline, water in the oceans of the world is in constant motion.

From soaring volcanoes and starry skies to sandy beaches and traditional dining, the Canary Islands are perfect for an island ...

We explore the trends — from nautical nostalgia to silent sailings — making waves in the coming year and beyond.

From Niagara Falls to the Redwood Forests, state parks preserve many of the nation’s iconic landscapes and historic treasures ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

Can the cruise industry hit its carbon-neutral targets? A new generation of ultra-low emission vessels may hold the answer.

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem. Long absent from Argentinian Patagonia due to over-hunting, pumas have returned ...

In the last two years, National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek traversed the Chinese countryside, marched along the Korean Demilitarized Zone and fended off grizzly bears in Alaska. Now, his ...

From an elusive jaguar to an industrious beaver, photographers captured iconic animal moments around the world. While monitoring the burrow of a rare giant armadillo in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, ...