Pets & Animals

Roger Fotso has been a key force in establishing numerous prominent national parks around Cameroon as part of the Wildlife Conservation Society. Today he’s headed just outside the capital city of Yaoundé to the Kala Forest in search of one of his favorite birds, the beautiful and elusive Grey-necked Picathartes. …

An onlooker recorded this precious scene of two grizzly bear cubs perched on top of their mother’s back as she swam across Lake Aleknagik in Wood Tikchick State Park, Alaska. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their …

Sharks are known to be carnivores, but there is one hammerhead-type shark that surprisingly also eats plants. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the …

A diver’s sharp eye was able to catch a venomous stingfish disguising itself as part of the sandy seabed in the Gulf of Aqaba, between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class …

Cockatoos share a surprising characteristic with humans—musical drumming. While studying wild male palm cockatoos, National Geographic grantee Robert Heinsohn discovered the birds use rhythmic drumming to attract mates. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, …

Video captured a playful young hippo relentlessly pursuing a crocodile around a watering hole in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you …

The African Serengeti has an unusual source of nutrients in its waterways—two million pounds of rotting flesh. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the …

An endangered zebra might have died, if not for human rescuers. The Grevy’s zebra was attacked by a predator in Kenya’s Lewa Wildlife Conservancy. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, …

New video shows just how afraid of humans cougars really are. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the …

A black mamba, considered to be one of the most deadliest snakes in the world, paid an unexpected visit to a home in Durban, South Africa. The venomous snake was measured to be over eight feet long (2.5 meters) and was probably interested in the numerous pets the homeowner was …