Most Steller sea lion populations declined markedly in the 1980s and 1990s, even though the animals are protected. Scientists are unsure what factor or combination of factors was responsible for ...

Lion tamarins take their name from their impressive ... and birds. These interesting animals are threatened, as are many of the forests in which they live. Brazil's Atlantic coastal rain forests ...

Martial eagles, with wingspans that can exceed six feet, can take out young impalas or gazelles. Recently, researchers have ...

This story appears in the August 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. They say that cats have nine lives, but they don’t say that about the Serengeti lion. Life is hard and precarious on ...

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 ...

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This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. After videos of slow lorises being tickled and fed rice balls in captivity swept the Internet, the wide-eyed animals ...

This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... an insecticide. The lions had killed several cows. A traditional way to kill animals with poison is to tip arrows ...

“The challenge was to get the camera-to-subject distance just right and light them well enough to have them pop off the colorful background,” he told National Geographic in an email. (See the ...

Cary Wolinsky and Bob Caputo have a combined 64 years of experience photographing stories for National Geographic and other ... backyard—is patience. Wild animals are going to do what they ...

Jaagir Manor lies at the pulsating heart of the great Terai ecosystem, home to Bengal tigers, secretive denizens of this ...

In the northern reaches of Japan, a realm of ethereal, old-growth forests and icy coastal waters offer some of the country’s ...