Thousands of slate artifacts found on the Tibetan Plateau showcase the resiliency of early humans as they fanned out of ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

The work marks the first time an Ice Age animal’s complete genome has been recovered from tissue preserved inside another ...

Scientists confirm a record-breaking green anaconda in the Amazon, revealing new species clues, surprising sizes, invasive ...

In a new series from National Geographic, the actor travels the world—and rethinks what it means to pursue a life well lived.

In a new series from National Geographic, the actor travels the world—and rethinks what it means to pursue a life well lived.

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem. Long absent from Argentinian Patagonia due to over-hunting, pumas have returned ...

Angela Bassett will be saluted for her career achievement at the 8th American Black Film Festival Honors in February. The ...

This National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, my Administration renews our commitment to end the evil of human trafficking, restore law and order across our country, protect the most ...

The skull had the brow of a descendant but the face of an ancestor. When researchers finished reconstructing the DAN5/P1 cranium from Ethiopia’s Afar region, dated to between 1.6 and 1.5 million years ...

Gordon Burghardt kept a lion cub named Meg in his home at the behest of the Knoxville Zoo. To help Meg get out some energy, Burghardt and his wife would often play with Meg in their wooded, unfenced ...

Have you ever seen a dog playing slot machines in a casino? Probably not, but you might have seen one that really likes to play with toys. A new study shows that there might not be much of a ...