Virgin births have been observed in other reptiles before, including other pythons and snake species ... though Booth hypothesizes that geographic isolation from males and captivity may have ...

More than 6,300 pounds of Burmese python were tracked and removed by the team, which has removed more than 40,000 pounds of ...

This story first appeared in the August 1963 issue of National Geographic magazine. Up on the mountains the midday sun glared fiercely, but down in the valley near the swift-running stream it was ...

The new movie “The Python Hunt” follows the Florida Python Challenge: A 10-day competition to remove the most pythons from ...

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Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu ...

That’s why National Geographic and Rolex have partnered to support trailblazing scientific research, expeditions, and solutions to increase our understanding of the threats facing the planet’s ...

Notably, this behavior between two adult humpback whales has been captured by a National Geographic crew filming Incredible Animal Journeys, too. This put the responding whales at risk ...

Visiting the coast can help you relieve stress and get more active—and it may even change the way you cope with pain. There's little more relaxing than spending time at the beach—but what's ...

Thus the Latin name for the order of bats, Chiroptera, meaning “hand wing.” National Geographic Explorer Paul Webala, a wildlife biologist at Maasai Mara University, and Erick Keter ...

A version of this story appears in the June 2025 issue of National Geographic magazine. The nonprofit National Geographic Society, committed to illuminating and protecting the wonder of our world ...

On a remote island in the Pacific, Will Smith descends into the heart of an active volcano to investigate sounds beyond human hearing. Will discovers that everything on our planet creates its own ...