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 ...

This story appears in the October 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... scientists are taking extraordinary measures to save the animals they love. Playing the PartWhite-naped crane ...

A fox leaps out of the shadowy blackness and in a moment the animal’s evolutionary gamble to shun daylight for darkness has failed. But for the nocturnal hunter, it has paid off. While most ...

This article is adapted from Joel Sartore’s new book, Vanishing, published by National Geographic Books. Joel Sartore has been photographing animals for his Photo Ark project for 13 years.

There are reports of giant stingrays weighing up to 1,300 pounds, though such accounts are not verified because weighing the enormous and awkward animals is very difficult. Brown to gray in color ...

This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. For those who’ve long wondered if their cats regard them merely as kibble dispensers, a report in the journal ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... down low in the grass to get a closer look at the animal lurching toward me. She’s about four months old, the ...

This story appears in the September 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Is the measure of an animal’s wildness equal to the distance it keeps from humans? The Ellesmere wolves ...

How did your obsession for animals transform into a photography ... who is a legendary National Geographic magazine wildlife photographer. It was right place right time. A Willy Wonka Golden ...