Few figures in history have done more to change our understanding of the natural world. We celebrate Jane Goodall’s remarkable life with rare images from the National Geographic archives.

In her own research in Uganda, Reddy studied four adolescent male chimpanzees who adopted their younger siblings after their ...

A deadly conflict between rival groups of chimpanzees in Uganda led to comprehensive victory and a bounty of territory and ...

But scientists caution against drawing parallels to human behavior New research led by the University of Michigan and the University of California ...

Scientists have newly described three extraordinary species of tree toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage. The females give birth on land to dozens of toadlets, each measuring just a few ...

When most people think of baby frogs and toads, they think of tadpoles. But a few frog and toad species (less than 1%) actually give birth to fully-formed froglets. Nectophrynoides viviparus is a tree ...

Not all frogs lay eggs that hatch into wiggly tadpoles, and not all tadpoles slowly morph into adult frogs in a pond. In fact, some frogs skip that entire stage altogether – like the newly discovered ...

The tight-knit members of the LaBrant family share the family’s most precious moment as they welcome a baby during live birth. Target's new smile policy disrespects its employees — and the shoppers ...

Chimps can use metacognition, or thinking about thinking, to weigh evidence and plan accordingly. (Image credit: Rizky Panuntun via Getty Images) It's not just humans that have learned to apply the ...

An international team of researchers has discovered three new, bizarre, and wart-covered species of tree toads from Tanzania that give birth to fully developed toadlets. A key element of the study was ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - An Arkansas woman’s lifelong search for her birth mother ended just when she needed family the most – during her battle with breast cancer. Ashley Pruitt, 41, has ...