These gorgeous, long-tailed marine creatures—formerly known as Siamese fighting fish—have been famous for centuries for their aggressive nature, which breeders have exploited in order to fight them, ...

The animal kingdom is a carnival of color: There are birds that dress in neon plumage, frogs whose skin gleams in an array of metallic hues, and sea animals whose bodies radiate rainbows. Just about ...

This secretive native of both sides of the Caribbean—from Belize to the British Virgin Islands—hides out on ledges and in caves of reefs up to 140 feet below the surface of the sea. Although not being ...

The Monomet Conservation Sciences has released its 2025 State of the Birds report. The report reveals accelerating declines in bird populations across the continent of North America. These declines ...

Species are fizzling out of existence at a rate faster than any other time in human history—and no one is more aware of that fact than National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore. After 13 years of ...

Some of the world’s most spectacularly colorful animals are amphibians — especially frogs and salamanders. Many of these colorful animals are toxic or have developed some sort of chemical defense, and ...

The big, shiny, colorful animal sculptures that have popped up around downtown D.C. reminded me of something. But what? Then it hit me: They look like those funky little charms people used to hang ...