Could Spinosaurus swim? A new fossil with a scimitar-like head crest provides new evidence on the unsettled question.

Tobacco hornworm caterpillars have no organs that resemble ears. Yet, scientists were able to figure out how they hear—and it ...

In addition to cycling through 12 animals each year, the Chinese zodiac also rotates between the five traditional Chinese ...

From spraying mates with urine to changing one's sex, these are the most intriguing courtships in the animal kingdom.

City surveyors in Melbourne Beach, Florida, heard an unusual chirping under a road on Feb. 9 while doing routine work, and thought it could be coming from rats. Instead, they discovered a 7-foot-long ...

Guinness World Records recently confirmed that Ibu Baron, a reticulated python ( Malayopython reticulatus ), is believed to ...

The findings suggest these ghost elephants survived Angola’s war by never leaving—adapting instead by becoming invisible. “I ...

A team of National Geographic Explorers is studying how these bats developed their architectural expertise—while cataloguing the various styles of tents they make.

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

Given that bonobos are endangered in their home of the Democratic Republic of Congo, he added, “My hope is that that kind of insight compels people to care for these animals.” Humans begin ...

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today.

As safari-goers look beyond the big five, endangered African wild dogs are emerging as one of the continent’s most sought-after sightings. These camps have turned the limelight into sustained ...