These fish can spot their favorite divers (the ones with snacks)—here's how
For years, scientists felt like the fish they were watching watched them back. A new study suggests they can recognize a ...
Behold the pigbutt worm, mystery of the deep
They're tiny, blobby, butt-shaped, and glow in the dark. What the heck are they? Scientists are still figuring them out.
The blobfish, 'bullied his whole life,' named fish of the year in public vote
A New Zealand-based nonprofit announced the blobfish as the winner of its "Fish of the Year" vote, years after it was named ...
The stunning power of whale pee
Scientists have spent a lot of time thinking about how the nutrients in whale feces—also known as whale pump —benefit species ...
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Sea turtles are surviving—despite us
This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... whether we’re dooming these animals. But after months of reporting on sea turtles in several countries, I ...
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Giant 300-year-old 110ft wide deep sea 'creature' so big it can be 'seen from space'
A massive sea creature has been found in the Pacific Ocean near Malaulalo, Solomon Islands. The creature stretches over 100 feet wide and is 300 years old.
Greenland sharks can live for centuries. We're finally learning their genetic tricks.
A first-ever analysis of the whole Greenland shark genome gives researchers a couple of clues to their longevity.
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Here’s Where the Arctic’s Wildlife Will Make Its Last Stand
“The animals that depend on the edge of the sea ice for a living will be congregating there in the summer,” says marine ecologist Enric Sala, leader of the National Geographic Society’s Pris ...
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His portraits capture animals that are going extinct in the wild
This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. A naked mole rat. That was photographer Joel Sartore’s first model in 2006 when he began making studio portraits of ...