This story originally published in the July 1906 issue of National Geographic magazine. See more digitized stories from our archives here. Looking back to that period, many years ago, when the finger ...

Plants and animals across sub-Saharan Africa have declined by 24 percent since preindustrial days. Large mammals like forest ...

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A bat specialist suggested during a conditional use hearing for a proposed large solar farm array targeted in Muncy Creek ...

Soybean meal is one of the predominant feed ingredients used in swine diets because of its high concentrations of digestible ...

Let go of your idea of the rough-and-tumble Amazonian expeditions of the past as the Amazon enters a new era of exploration. The expansion of ... Read more The post European river cruisers set sights ...

A fleeting, funny image can still reveal a serious story about how wildlife adapts to our cities. One sharp frame—talons ...

Gigi and Nick are stoking a fire on the right bank of Twelve Mile Creek. It is the sunset hour in St. Catharines, Ont., but ...

When animals are faced with extinction, they have three options: move, adapt, or die. Every year, the western monarch ...

Just north of La Jolla proper lies Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, home to the rarest pine tree in America and some of the most dramatic coastal scenery in Southern California. The Torrey pine ...

In the hilly heartland of Romania, where Transylvania’s spired castles and ancient villages famously served as the backdrop for Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” medieval history feels very close at hand.

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...