Captive wild animal encounters are hugely popular, thanks partly to social media. But our investigation shows many creatures ...

Trek in Victoria, cross mountains in Peru, paddle a world-famous river, and explore two tropical Aussie icons on this ...

An eccentric and artist, Arnold Henry Savage Landor won his way into the late 19th-century courts of east Asia by painting royal portraits. He traveled through India with two Persian cats, surveyed in ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) – La Crosse native Willie Bittner is redefining what it means to be a trailblazer in the world of trail building. His work has gained national and international recognition, ...

Tribes and environmentalists say the Interior Department's actions are attempts to erase complete tribal histories from park ...

The crackdown on unauthorized immigrants is resonating deeply among the Dakota and other tribes, as residents confront what they call a federal occupation of their land.

In the last two years, National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek traversed the Chinese countryside, marched along the Korean Demilitarized Zone and fended off grizzly bears in Alaska. Now, his ...

The captivating reintroduction of six bison in a forest preserve has deeper meaning to Indigenous people and advocates of ...

The tundra surrounding Bethel, Alaska turns red and gold in the fall. Oct. 10, 2023. A national support line for Native survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault has begun work to launch an ...

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 ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

One of North America’s richest ecosystems, sustained and shaped by Native peoples before European contact, nearly disappeared ...