Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some ...

The astonishing superpowers of nature’s most unloved animals From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes can be ...

Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

‘Sharktopus’ wasn’t the first. These animals also hitchhike on other animals. Cockroaches that catch a ride on ants. Grasshoppers that climb aboard sheep.

In Sharks Up Close with Bertie Gregory, Bertie Gregory heads to South Africa for his most dangerous mission yet: diving ...

National Geographic has captivated audiences with breathtaking footage of wildlife’s A-listers—think penguins, elephants, and whales. But in their new series “UNDERDOGS,” the spotlight shifts to the ...

Bristle worms have protrusions that act like a 3D printer, helping us to understand how cells regenerate. Most people will ...

Here's how Jorge the sea turtle prepared for the improbable journey—decades after he was found tangled in a fishing net off ...

In a study published last month in the journal Ethology, researchers found that electric rays can scare away both tiger and white sharks by zapping them with powerful electric discharges. While ...

Narrated by Ryan Reynolds, National Geographic's "Underdogs" celebrates the misfits and oddballs of animal kingdom, and you ...

Namibia is a southwestern African nation roughly twice the size of California, known for having the world’s oldest desert.

Much of the three-part “Planet Weird,” which goes out of its way to find the nutty in nature, is simultaneously fascinating and disgusting—the much sought-after synthesis of wildlife ...