Wildlife

In a preview of our new book, we meet beautiful nonbinary animals that combine male and female characteristics.

New studies from a boneyard of fossilized skeletons may reveal why the 'roos grew and hopped the way they do.

Bigger than the Great Wall of China, Hadrian's Wall, and the Pyramids of Giza combined, the region's ubiquitous stone walls are also a unique ecological habitat.

In a preview of our new book, we meet some of humankind’s earliest muses.

The deer of Nara Park are part of a millennium-old genetic lineage—does that make them more deserving of protection?

In a preview of our new book, we look at scrappy and squat high-elevation trees that can live for thousands of years without seeming to age.

In a preview of our new book, we meet a small bird that makes a blood pact with a large mammal.

In a preview of our new book, we look at some ancient reptiles who are getting new homes—sometimes in someone's backyard.

A statue in Maine made for a vagrant hawk offers one way to honor these fleeting visitors. Flaco fans take note.

In a preview of our new book, we meet bats that construct tiny abodes of leaves, with built-in security alarms.

Back when killer whales used to assist humans.

This fall, we're offering a stunning, all-new guide to the world's living wonders.

Hear what happens when a man tried to smuggle in 22 giant African land snails into the United States.

A herd of the largest land mammal in North America thrive in the country’s third-most-visited urban park, in the heart of San Francisco.

Even the smallest insect can impact the largest animals.

The mini-paratroopers have a new role to play today.