Pets & Animals

See the ‘T. Rex’ ant, a rare species that has been found alive for the first time. Tyrannomyrmex rex was first discovered in 2003 in Malaysia after a dead ant was identified as a new species. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for …

See the surprising way National Geographic researchers get suction cup cameras to stick to the backs of manta rays. ➡ 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 …

Rescuers cut a tiny joey kangaroo loose as he still suckles from his dead mother’s teat. ➡ 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 …

If you’re ever out kayaking and encounter a group of seals, you may be tempted to paddle closer to get a better look. But that might not be the wisest move. One kayaker off the coast of Namibia got an unexpectedly close look when a hundred-pound cape fur seal leapt …

See the remains of a nodosaur, the best preserved fossil of its kind ever found. Discovered by miners in Alberta, Canada, it’s a 110 million-year-old type of plant-eating armored dinosaur. The animal has two 20-inch-long spikes on its shoulders, and, in life, it was 18 feet long and nearly 3,000 …

See a buffalo herd charge a pack of hyenas to defend a calf. Filmed in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, the sickly calf is attacked by hyenas, and a bull buffalo runs in to defend it. A herd of about 50 buffalo soon follow and try to run off the …

Watch a moray eel swallow a potentially deadly pufferfish whole. The encounter was filmed by a diver in the Red Sea in Dahab, Egypt. Eels have two sets of teeth to help them catch prey, one to catch the fish, the other to simultaneously pull the prey further into its …

These funky-looking Rhinopias scorpionfish let their prey come to them. ➡ 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 edge …

Nights in police custody, fake elephant tusks, and terrorist organizations are all just part of a day’s work for Bryan Christy, National Geographic Fellow and Chief Correspondent to the Special Investigations Unit. In 2014, Christy rigged two fake elephant tusks with GPS tracking technology and covertly injected them deep into …

Watch these gorgeous time-lapse videos from the Guassa Community Conservation Area located in Ethiopia’s highlands. Guassa is a hot spot for many animals such as klipspringers, civets, African wolves, and hyenas. And unlike elsewhere in Ethiopia, its 800 or so chattering geladas live much as they have for thousands of …