African giant pouched rats like Carolina prevented nearly 400,000 new cases of a deadly disease. It's possible because of ...

Tigers and monkeys and tapirs, oh my! Joel Sartore's latest book, "National Geographic Photo Ark: Babies," captures the ...

Relocating animals to create new populations ... This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Of all the large African mammals that wildlife veterinarian Pete ...

This story appears in the August 2008 issue of National ... Africa has helped produce a one-of-a-kind ecosystem where life blooms from canopy to soil. In the year 1551 a strange male animal ...

Many animals have been killed for the hard, hairlike growth, which is revered for medicinal uses in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The horn is also valued in North Africa and the Middle ...

Are South Africa’s captive lions inbred? Are South Africa’s captive lions inbred? Inside the race to save West Africa’s endangered lions Inside the race to save West Africa’s endangered ...

The opposite is also true. In the 19th century, European cattle brought rinderpest—a virus that’s nearly always fatal to hoofed animals—to Africa, and it caused buffalo numbers to crash ...

This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National ... Dubai of Africa.” That may seem extreme, but it’s hard to argue with the facts. The lion is Kenya’s signature wild animal, but ...

The white-backed vulture is the most common and widespread vulture in sub-Saharan Africa. It is recognizable ... on carrion—the carcasses of dead animals—and, by eating flesh before it rots ...