Summer is the best time for wildlife-watching in Europe and spotting animals such as bears, wolves and lynx, is made possible thanks to knowledgable guides and various animal reintroduction schemes.

San Diego Zoo’s Jenna Stacy-Dawes knows all too well the urgency of her research. Reticulated giraffes across the regions in northern Kenya that she studies have declined up to 70 percent in the ...

This Ecuadorian frog was lost for 100 years—until now. Scientists believe this rediscovery will be vital to protect the country's most degraded ecosystem, the southern Andes mountains.

How junk food outsmarts our brains—by hiding in our memories. New research reveals that memories of fatty and sugary foods are encoded in the hippocampus, helping explain why some cravings feel ...

Scientists just confirmed a 30-foot void first detected inside the monument years ago. Here’s the technology that helped scientists find it—and what it may have been used for.

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

The best wildflower hiking trails in the U.S. Spring is in bloom. Here are our favorite places to frolic through fields of flowers, from the Pacific Northwest to the Appalachian Mountains.

Going to the beach is good for your brain, according to science. Visiting the coast can help you relieve stress and get more active—and it may even change the way you cope with pain.

How Detroit reinvented itself as an unlikely star of the arts. The birthplace of Motown and the Model T car, this industrious Michigan city has gone from boom to bust and back.

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

(See more of Ballesta’s work to document this surreal phenomenon in National Geographic ’s story.) The competition, which is in its 57th year, awards 19 categories of wildlife photography ...

SKERRY: And then when I think the time is right, I take a deep breath and I slide underwater. GWIN: He’s on a mission to see a pod of killer whales off the coast of Norway.