An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... s reasonable to wonder whether we’re dooming these animals. But after months of reporting on sea turtles in ...

This creates wetlands known as “beaver ponds,” which the animals use as sources of food ... The largest beaver dam on record is in Wood Buffalo National Park in Canada, stretching the length ...

What’s more, the behavior appeared in a totally new area—Minoh Quasi-National Park near Osaka ... t be absolutely certain it’s the same animal. “It’s difficult to recognize, but when ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. A naked mole rat. That was photographer Joel Sartore’s first model in 2006 when he began making studio portraits of ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... scientists are taking extraordinary measures to save the animals they love. Playing the PartWhite-naped crane ...

Tom O’Brien is no stranger to building contraptions to have photographers get up close and personal to wildlife or deal with ...

This article is adapted from Joel Sartore’s new book, Vanishing, published by National Geographic Books. Joel Sartore has been photographing animals for his Photo Ark project for 13 years.

Garland, who is also a National Geographic Explorer, has listened to hundreds of hours of whale songs for hundreds of hours and use short pauses and characteristic sequences to identify the indivi ...

In 1895, when English photographer Paul Martin began ... lifted the veil on the nocturnal activities of animals with National Geographic magazine dedicating almost an entire issue to his ...