Ever looked at a children's book on mythical creatures only to realize it includes scientific names and the mythical creatures were not, in fact, mythical? No? Just us? Life on Earth first ...

De-extinction — the science of resurrecting extinct species — is progressing in leaps and bounds. Here are six creatures that researchers could bring back to life.

Prehistoric Earth was a terrifying place, with giant, fearsome creatures roaming an equally deadly world of erupting volcanoes and primordial swamps. Survival could be counted in minutes, with a ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. A naked mole rat. That was photographer Joel Sartore’s first model in 2006 when he began making studio portraits of ...

Animals are disappearing at hundreds of times the normal rate, primarily because of shrinking habitats. Their biggest threat: humans. No trace of the wild South China tiger, Panthera tigris ...