For me, the most fascinating part is the fact that such a group of animals managed to adapt to different habitats, which ...

Despite being one of the most photographed natural spaces in the world, stories of the Okavango Delta are rarely told by ...

Dolphins have lived near Rome for at least 2,000 years. Scientists fear for their future. Rome's dolphins have an unusually high number of bite marks, suggesting that the population is in competition ...

This is how National Geographic Explorer Jahawi Bertolli is protecting the ocean. His work has taken him across Kenya, from the remote northern coast to the Masai Mara National Reserve ...

National Geographic photographer recounts his time living on the Arctic sea ice with Inupiaq ... because all the food in the form of marine mammals and animals that, you know, come from the ocean.

When humpbacks get stuck in fishing gear, their friends stick around to help. Are whales altruistic? A new scientific paper and a video present a compelling case the answer is “yes.” ...

Nearly five decades have passed since Peter Benchley wrote the book that changed everything for sharks. Now, as a new edition is released, the late author’s wife, psychologists and scientists ...

Captive wild animal encounters are hugely popular, thanks partly to social media. But our investigation shows many creatures lead dismal lives. For $10, tourists can pose with this tiger at Phuket ...

Sharks can navigate via Earth's magnetic field, study confirms for the first time. Scientists have long suspected the fish can travel by sensing the magnetic field, but no one knew how—until now.

They discover a successful system of spotters and warnings to keep swimmers, surfers, and sharks safe. Bertie and his team, ...

This is, to the best of my knowledge, the first live footage of this animal worldwide,” Kat Bolstad of Auckland University of ...

In 2014, he created a dive protocol—the first of its kind— that would allow him to spend a full 24 hours 65 feet under the ocean while limiting the amount of time it takes to decompress.