National Geographic Documentary Films has picked up Werner Herzog's Ghost Elephants documentary featuring Steve Boyes.

The Oropouche virus, also known as sloth fever, was not seen outside the Amazon until recently. Prior to 2023, only a few ...

A cave in Norway preserved remains of 46 Ice Age species. The discovery shows how cold-adapted animals struggled with climate shifts. Researchers have discovered the remains of a large animal ...

As young marines, Peter MacDonald and Thomas Begay transmitted top secret military messages using their native language. It was an undercover mission that changed U.S. intelligence operations forever.

National Geographic photographer Kiliii Yüyan spends time with the Indigenous & Celtic communities of Canada’s eastern seaboard and finds that still waters run deep.

The national parks of the United States hold great natural wonders and complex, varied ecosystems. A new study demonstrates that human presence in the parks, including everything from visitors and ...

The film opens with the last, ragged breaths of a male rhino named Sudan. In 2018, the animal was euthanized at the age of 45 ...

Forecasters say the region’s sea ice will dwindle to a strip above Greenland and Canada. There, polar bears and others will ...

The sultry interiors of the Caribbean islands are a veritable haven for tropical wildlife. From giant butterflies in Jamaica ...

They enthralled sailors. They inspired Darwin. Then, by the mid 19th-century, the iconic Floreana tortoise was gone. Here’s ...

Mario Kart World is the latest pop culture entity to come under fire by PETA, the prominent animal rights group.

At 103, Howard Tucker is the world’s oldest practicing doctor. He answered these burning questions from Nat Geo readers.