National Bird Day 2025 highlights how bird population changes reveal environmental stress and ecosystem health worldwide.

Rare attacks helped brand the cassowary as deadly, but habitat loss and human activity now pose a far greater threat to the ...

A visit to the Scottish Highlands offers one of the best bird-and wildlife-watching experiences in the UK, with the promise of rare encounters with unique species. OspreyThe osprey is commonly seen ...

The ’akikiki is one of the rarest birds in the world, with only a handful still living in the wild. “I assume they will all be gone by the end of this year,” says one biologist. An 'akikiki bird ...

The 17,000th species to enter Nat Geo's Photo Ark The 17,000th species to enter Nat Geo's Photo Ark Bringing back the ‘most endangered bird’ in the U.S. Bringing back the ‘most endangered bird’ in the ...

There’s never a bad time to visit Elmley Nature Reserve. In the cooler months, murmurations of starlings cloud crisp winter skies while tens of thousands of waders fill rain-fed pools. The beginnings ...

You might remember Christian Cooper from the infamous 2020 viral video when Amy Cooper racially profiled and falsely accused him of threatening her life as he was birdwatching in Central Park. Since ...

I believe the saying goes, the best revenge is a life well lived. This is true. But in the case of birding enthusiastic Christian Cooper, a Black man who was launched into the national spotlight after ...

Invisible menace: Methane flares scorching birds at U.S. landfills Invisible menace: Methane flares scorching birds at U.S. landfills It All Started With a Few Trout. Now Yellowstone’s Iconic Birds ...

Tick. Tick. Pzzzz. The song of the Florida grasshopper sparrow is unusual and surprisingly insect-like. But it almost fell silent forever. In 2012 National Geographic Explorer and Photo Ark founder ...