A sweeping new study is helping pinpoint where whales, sharks, turtles, and other ocean giants need the most protection and ...

In the never-ending symphony of the sea, there's a standout among the percussive pings of bottlenose dolphins and the plaintive calls of humpback whales. New recordings of the little-studied ...

For the first time, Antarctic krill have been found on seafloor vents. One scientist is working to figure out what they are ...

These maps trace the migratory superhighways that connect whales to critical breeding, feeding, and social habitats across ...

“We don't know how long they live or how fast they grow in the wild,” says Tierney Thys, a marine biologist with the California Academy of Sciences and a National Geographic Explorer.

To honor Koko's memory, National Geographic is republishing "Conversations With a Gorilla," our October 1978 cover story written by Francine Patterson, the psychologist who taught Koko how to sign.

FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds on the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, Mass, March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File) FILE - A North Atlantic right whale feeds ...

But it might be something different.” The nonprofit National Geographic Society, committed to illuminating and protecting the wonder of our world, funded Explorer Aaron Micallef's work.

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For more than 30 years, the Pacific Rim Whale Festival has celebrated the arrival of migrating grey whales to Canada’s wild ...

National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry has ... feeding strategies in order to share the rich complexity of whale culture or photos of a five-day-old harp seal pup falling through thin ...

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