Fierce guardianship and gentle care in these images captured the courage and devotion of animal parents.

High in the mountains, Kazakh herders have lived in careful balance with wolves for centuries. Now a celebrated tradition has become a matter of survival. As climate change affects their prey, wolves ...

A new study overturns previous findings that domestic cats originated thousands of years earlier. An African wildcat (Felis lybica) rests on a rock in Kruger National Park, South Africa. So far, ...

Benjamin Beck, an authority on "tooling," offers a state-of-the art clarification of this fascinating behavior and why it's ...

Female wolf from Harvey pack dies during state collaring effort, six months after wildlife official mistakenly shot a Sierra County juvenile ...

Follow in the footsteps of a Welsh king by scaling Cader Idris, but beware: it’s said those who sleep on the peak are destined to become poets or go mad.

Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced Catherine Coleman Flowers and Lindsey Liles as the winners of ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit today challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s refusal to develop a national gray wolf recovery plan under the Endangered ...

There’s a magical little spot in eastern Idaho where the mountains scrape the sky, the air smells like adventure, and nobody cares what brand of hiking boots you’re wearing—welcome to Driggs.

Dumpling Mountain is the easiest place to enjoy a panoramic view of Katmai. The tundra-covered summit is 4.6 miles northwest ...

National Geographic's new documentary film, "Ghost Elephants," follows explorer Steve Boyes' journey to locating the largest ...

We explore the story behind the headlines of a female wolf crossing into Los Angeles County - the first for 100 years.