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An octopus that wields a weapon made of jellyfish is just one example of a crazy animal fighter in the new book, National Geographic Angry Birds Animal Showdown.

Pesticides, habitat loss, and light pollution are threatening firefly populations worldwide, but even in urban areas, some ...

National Geographic photographers have always captured animals in nature at their most beautiful, fascinating, and mysterious. In 2019, a different theme dominated our photojournalism: animals, as ...

A few miles from National Geographic's headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C., coyotes roam. But they weren't here a few decades ago. These wily denizens of the plains have so successfully ...

Bristle worms have protrusions that act like a 3D printer, helping us to understand how cells regenerate. Most people will ...

Animals Gone Wild: Nature Gets in on National Selfie Day #NationalSelfieDay is the day to celebrate something many people—and even some animals—do all year long. By National Geographic Staff ...

18 striking photos from this year’s best wildlife photographers. From western toad tadpoles to glowing wetlands, this year’s winners capture nature’s beauty—and its fragility.

The next time you're out in nature, stop, close your eyes, and listen. That’s what Bernie Krause would like us all to do, before it’s too late to hear the full symphony of the natural world ...

Interestingly, while ultrablack is considered rare in nature, it seems to have evolved several times in groups of animals that are not closely related, including spiders, insects, reptiles, birds ...

Cockroaches that catch a ride on ants. Grasshoppers that climb aboard sheep. Hitchhiking animals are more common than you think. A classic example of phoresy, the remora uses a modified fin that ...

Step 3: Create the mosaic animal. —Have your child collect nature items from your yard or a park. Think about what could represent the animal’s parts. For instance: • Eyes: pebbles, bits of ...