A new global study finds that the visual beauty of birds—their colors and shapes—predicts which wild species are traded by people. By analyzing data for over 9000 bird species, researchers discovered ...

Wild turkeys were abundant across the U.S. until the mid-1800s, when the clearing of forestland and unregulated hunting led ...

The heroes who saved the world's last tigers Despite early conservation successes, by the 1990s the world's tiger population was under dire threat. In this beautifully photographed feature, National ...

The return of the iconic predators to the Golden State has been a quiet success story—but this month, state officials announced that they euthanized part of a pack that relied on killing cattle for ...

Especially when some of the world's best bird-watching can be found within America's borders, in places as pretty as northern California and coastal Maine? Best of all, the following avian hangouts ...

Anyone who grew up watching The Lion King, or watched it as a parent, has a slight soft spot for lion points of pride. How could you not cheer on Simba after all? Even decades after its release, fans ...

This exciting project aims to understand the reasons for changes in mussel abundance and distribution, essential to design and develop successful restoration efforts.

St. Michael’s Cathedral stands as a testament to the Russian influence, its green domes and gold crosses gleaming against the often-gray Alaskan sky. Just a short walk away, the Sitka National ...

Tucked away in Northeast Philadelphia, where you’d least expect to find a sprawling natural sanctuary, Benjamin Rush State Park unfolds like nature’s secret love letter to Pennsylvania.

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Since late 2021, a panzootic, or "a pandemic in animals," of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has devastated wild ...

LOS ANGELES -- National Geographic Documentary Films has unveiled the trailer and release date for its acclaimed documentary "The Tale of Silyan," a poignant new work from Oscar-nominated filmmaker ...