Authorities in Monterey Bay, California, are investigating after several tagged white sharks were recorded passing through the waters near Lovers Point. It is the same stretch of ocean where ...

The world-famous parks and reserves of Kenya and Tanzania offer some of the planet’s most awe-inspiring wildlife encounters.

A mountain lion was spotted roaming San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood before being tranquilized and captured by ...

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Description: Did you know that one of the world's best hunters is also one of the cutest? You might think venomous snakes or fierce lions are the best hunters, but the real best hunters might surprise ...

Baby sea lions suffering from domoic acid poisoning. Domoic acid events are naturally-occurring in the ocean; exacerbated by ...

It might be less visible than dwindling lion populations or vanishing pandas, but the quiet crisis of small mammal extinction ...

Small mammals are early warning systems for environmental damage, but many species look almost identical, making them hard to track. Scientists have developed a new footprint-based method that can ...

"Santa Cruz, Moss Landing and Monterey harbors and Pillar Point Harbor just north of Half Moon Bay host vessels that offer ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the ...

Who's going to win at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics? How these specific players perform could make the difference.

You may have a different list of National Geographic photos that spoke most strongly to you over the past 10 years. There are, of course, no “right” answers—just images that matter to you, that touch ...