This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic ... may be harmful to animals. A tourist poses for a photo with an indigenous girl holding a sloth on a day tour near Manaus ...

The last House Ag Committee passed a farm bill; it needs to get to the president's desk to protect farmers, write G.T.

Longer winter or early spring? Here's what Punxsutawney Phil, Staten Island Chuck, and Westchester's Cluxatawney Henrietta predicted.

I'll be the first to admit that Groundhog Day is also a weird holiday (and some may quibble that it isn't a holiday at all).

The Baton Rouge Zoo has gone so far as to reimagine the holiday, calling it Armadillo Day instead, similar to the ongoing tradition in Texas to celebrate the burrowing animal in contrast to ...

It was a big party in Punxsutawney this weekend. "This is my favorite holiday," one local says of the fuss-free day, adding, ...

BOSTON — David Pastrnak was named the NHL’s first star of the month for January. On Saturday at TD Garden, the Bruins’ superstar put dibs on the February honors. Pastrnak enjoyed a four ...

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 ...

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has selected four new members for its Horsemen’s Advisory Group to replace four members whose terms had expired, HISA announced on Monday. A ...

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Here's a look at the January 2025 episodes for the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates those who work on the line. This audio story is narrated from the second feature article in the December 2024 ...

Wetlands are ecosystems, in which water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life ... for this international day, and get to know the importance ...