This story appears in the November 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. The Barbary macaque is a monkey of many distinctions. It is the only primate, other than humans, north of the Sahara ...

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The Barbary macaque escaped from the Salem Monkey Mountain wildlife park in the area, and park manager Roland Hilgartner said he suspects the animal managed to jump from tree to tree in order to ...

Raising and training falcons in captivity can help conserve these beloved symbols of the Arabian Peninsula. A female saker falcon guards her chicks—called eyases—in their nest overlooking the ...

This is the oldest skull of a Barbary lion found in the UK. The lion was part of the royal zoo in the Tower of London 700 years ago. Workmen digging in the old moat around the Tower of London in 1937 ...

It mates for life—about ten years—and is fiercely protective of its young. The peregrine falcon belongs to the genus Falco, which is characterized by long pointed wings. Peregrine falcons are birds of ...

NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission arrived at the International Space Station on Sunday evening after blasting off into space on Saturday, despite a mishap with the Falcon 9 rocket. NASA astronaut Nick ...

IS ONGOING. MORE ISSUES FOR SPACE TONIGHT. THE AGENCY IS PUTTING ALL FALCON NINE ROCKET LAUNCHES ON HOLD AFTER AN ISSUE DURING THE CREW NINE LAUNCH ON SATURDAY. IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, SPACEX SAID ...

FLOWERY BRANCH – Kicker Younghoe Koo is the Falcons’ secret weapon. Koo’s 58-yard field goal lifted the Falcons to a 26-24 win on Sunday and was his eighth game-winning field goal (kicked ...

ATLANTA – All of this last-minute drama flowing for the Atlanta Falcons may be doing more than just working Arthur Blank’s nerves. This time, it came down to Younghoe Koo’s career-long ...

After an offseason full of hype, the Atlanta Falcons laid an egg in Week 1, tallying only ten points in their season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, they get a tougher opponent in the ...

The Atlanta Falcons' offense failed to score a touchdown against the New Orleans Saints. The Falcons survived, but they need more moving forward. Harrison could hear Falcons head coach Raheem ...