Natasha Daly

Cutting them down releases four times as much carbon as the same amount of upland trees. Brazilian scientist and Nat Geo Explorer Angelo Bernardino is working to save them.

Ocean life is flourishing inside Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park, and the commercial fishing industry is flourishing outside of it, a new study shows. “We can have our fish and eat them too.”

The IUCN also announced that sturgeon are in rapid decline, while tiger populations are stabilizing.

Living with peers may help young elephants thrive, according to new research—a finding that could help elephants orphaned by poaching and drought.

As the Russian invasion passes the one-month mark, caretakers are scrambling to save animals, too.

A new study finds that high in rainforest trees, insects live in ecosystems that vary wildly from the forest floor on up.

A century of National Geographic’s tiger stories highlights our changing perceptions of the majestic big cats.

The unique diversity of cichlids in Africa’s oldest lake could help unlock the secrets of evolution.

Months after the U.S. Justice Department confiscated 146 exotic animals from Jeff Lowe, today’s decision ramps up pressure on animal exhibitors across online platforms.

More species are found to be susceptible to the coronavirus, with most cases detected in zoos.

After an overhaul aimed at modernizing Belén Market and preventing the spread of COVID-19, illegal selling of wildlife persists.

Indicator species are often the first to be affected by change in an ecosystem. Studying these sensitive animals helps scientists detect the effects of climate change and pollution early.

More than a decade after “The Cove” revealed the cruelty behind the practice, Taiji fishermen continue to round up dolphins to supply aquariums and marine parks.

Across North America, staffing shortages and the pandemic make it a struggle to help homeless dogs, cats, and rabbits.

Here’s what you should know about the experimental COVID-19 vaccine rolling out to zoo animals—and why your pets aren’t getting it.

Californians voted to ban the sale of meat from pigs born to sows who spent their pregnancy in small crates. The law, which goes into effect in January 2022, affects pork production nationwide.

Cats, dogs, and rabbits don’t deal with heat like humans do. As heat waves become increasingly common, veterinarians call for extra vigilance.

Activists condemned the government’s recent capture of nearly 350 mustangs, but for those tasked with managing a booming wild horse population in a drought-stricken West, it’s complicated.

Sweltering baby hawks threw themselves out of nests, and mussels baked to death in their shells as record heat brought crisis to the Pacific Northwest.

As hundreds of songbirds have gone blind and died in several U.S. states, experts race to find out why, and wildlife rehabbers try to give avian patients a dignified death.