Some Animals Don't Actually Sleep for the Winter, and Other Surprises About Hibernation. It isn't just groundhogs—find out which animals hibernate and why.

More than 70 percent of the backyard birds in the U.S. and Canada are migratory, and many head south for the winter according to Jill Deppe, director of the National Audubon Society’s Migratory ...

These tiny, bunny-faced animals have an unusual strategy for surviving the winter. After 13 years, scientists may have solved a long-standing enigma about the plateau pika of Central Asia.

For decades, Himalayan brown bears have killed livestock and destroyed homes in this rural village. Residents are learning new ways to coexist with their fearsome, but critically endangered neighbors.

From their odd appendages to their unsavory hygiene, certain animals suffer an image problem. But their awkward attributes ...

These animals in Norway are cared for by Sami herders, ... (See National Geographic's favorite reindeer pictures.) ... Winter twilight is at least 100,000 times fainter than is summer daylight.

It’s officially fall, which for humans often means snuggling up inside and anticipating the holidays ahead. Conversely, for many animals, it’s a season of intense preparation for the looming ...

Certain animals have displayed unusual behavior when the moon crosses paths with the sun—but there are a lot of unknowns. The 2024 total solar eclipse provided some answers.

A first-ever collaboration between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian examines the birth of natural history.

From a pink dolphin slinking through the Amazon's waters to the sight of monarch butterflies filling the skies of Mexico, this year's best photos will take you on a journey across the planet.

A version of this story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. ... Every winter, rough-skinned newts ... Animals such as hellbenders are barometers of river health.

From the iconic bison to inch-long fairy shrimp, the U.S. is home to more than 32,000 animal species. The male greater prairie chicken performs his “booming” display with a group of other ...