Scientist Jane Goodall, whose work on primates took her around the world, had a soft spot for a leading Australian zoo where ...

Australia is not doing well at all,” said Goodall, who had a close relationship with Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, on one of her many visits.

National Geographic helped the famous conservationist get her start—and followed her chimpanzee research and advocacy for ...

Photographer Michael Nichols captured Jane Goodall as she studied chimpanzee behavior in the wild in 1990. “We should be kind to animals because it makes better humans of us all,” Goodall once told ...

Oftentimes referred to as the “king of the jungle,” lions are highly social and intelligent creatures. These big cats are also critical to maintaining the health of their ecosystem. National ...

G Adventures and National Geographic Expeditions have further strengthened their decade-long partnership with the launch of a new premium lifestyle collection, National Geographic Signature with G ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...

LOS ANGELES -- She lived as the last ruler of ancient Egypt, but little is known about Cleopatra's death. For 2000 years, the location of her tomb has been a mystery with few leads, until now.

A new study sheds light on how these reptiles become “mummies” and paints a picture of what these ancient animals looked like ...

By far the largest ever found of its kind, the spiny fossil predator "would have made enough scampi to feed an army," one ...

The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was ...