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At Halloween, pause to remember the animal ''undead''—before they remember you. From ''resurrected'' spiders to mind-controlled ants to reanimated frozen frogs, some wildlife is wild ''dead'' too.

The November issue of National Geographic magazine features a moving photograph of chimpanzees watching as one of their own is wheeled to her burial. Since it was published, the picture and story have gone viral, turning up on websites and TV shows and in newspapers around the world. ...

A leaping wolf, a feisty pet cat, and two playful Amazon dolphins feature in some of the winning pictures from this year's Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

From awe-inspiring parks to ''cruise ship hell''--see what 437 experts say are the best and worst of the world's most iconic travel destinations.

Ewan McGregor's Travel Advice: For our annual travel issue, we asked the actor to share his hard-won wisdom. All of it, by the way, applicable to non-movie stars.

Wrapped in linen and reverently laid to rest, animal mummies hold intriguing clues to life and death in ancient Egypt.

In the summer of 2008 an American crocodile left Florida's Biscayne Bay, swam along a yacht-lined canal through the upscale neighborhood of Coral Gables, and took up residence on the campus of the University of Miami ...

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Free webcast lecture "On Variation," by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Columbia University professor Jonathan Weiner.

The Glimpse Correspondents Program is for talented writers and photographers with a passion for storytelling, insights about life and culture abroad, and a knack for finding truly unique stories. The program ...

Learn all you wanted to know about Mexican axolotls with pictures, videos, photos, facts, and news from National Geographic.

The Libyan desert as seen from an ultralight paraglider flown by National Geographic magazine photographer George Steinmetz.

From lions in Kenya to snow leopards in the Himalaya, the big cats of the world need help. Lions, cheetahs, leopards, jaguars, and other top felines are quickly disappearing, all victims of habitat loss and degradation as well as conflicts with humans.

A sleek, "ballerina like" cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex has been unearthed in the Gobi desert, a find that reveals fearsome "tyrant lizards" were more diverse than thought.