This is Banff National Park, one of the most beautiful—and famous—places on Earth. “It’s a real authentic town and not one that attracts busloads of tourists,” says Andy Brown ...

Do animals have siblings, aunties, or cousins? Can they survive without any family at all? Female gazelles, like this ...

Elephant caregivers play an important role in their society by comforting and teaching babies when mom is occupied.

New research reveals that memories of fatty and sugary foods are encoded in the hippocampus, helping explain why some cravings feel impossible to resist. Cravings may feel impulsive, but new resea ...

They also can remain submerged for over 20 minutes. PHOTOGRAPH BY Paul Nicklen, National Geographic Image Collection By mid-December, as the Antarctic summer approaches, the chicks have started to ...

The prehistoric crocodile relative may have tolerated both freshwater and saltwater habitats, allowing it to conquer North American coasts in the Cretaceous. Paleontologists have been on the trail ...

asked the 78-year-old director of the University of Washington’s Center for Ecosystem Sentinels and a National Geographic Explorer ... be limiting how many baby penguins could join the ...

You’ve probably heard of the four stages of cancer—but there’s another even earlier stage that experts say can make a huge difference in treating the disease. Breast cancer is one of the few ...

Two-year-old Preston Ordone, known on TikTok as the "Okay Baby," died in a car crash Thursday, according to Louisiana State Police. Preston's parents, Katelynn, 25, and Jaelan Ordone, 27 ...

expanding their geographic and temporal diversity.” The fossil also tells a more detailed story of what the world looked like in the Cretaceous period. “We can imagine a more complex picture ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Nearly seven months pregnant, Yasmine Siam couldn’t sleep, living in a crowded tent camp in Gaza and shaken often by Israeli bombardment. She couldn’t find pro ...