Filming "Parenthood" meant working with local trackers, scientists, and communities across the globe — from the Babongo people in Central Africa to conservationists in Patagonia.

After weeks of protecting her brood, a spider mother makes the ultimate sacrifice, offering her own body as food.

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Black History Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and ...

Rival males bring danger to langur families, forcing mothers to flee with their infants to steep, unforgiving cliffs. These white-headed langurs are among the rarest primates on Earth, found only in a ...

This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). To honor Black History Month, WCS and Nature are sharing stories of nature and ...

Peacock (or peafowl): any of three species of birds of the pheasant family Phasianidae. AKA: The male is a peacock, the female is a peahen and the babies are peachicks. All are peafowl. The peacock is ...

The original five members of the Druid Peak pack — #38 and #39, the alpha male and female, and female pups #40, #41, and #42 — were captured near Fort St. John in British Columbia and relocated to ...

The toucan family includes five extant genera and over 40 different species. Some of these birds have names like aracari or toucanet, but they all sport that large, comical bill. Their size and weight ...

Eels can be found all over the globe, in fresh and salt water ecosystems alike. But today, risk of over-fishing and the presence of dams and other obstacles that prevent eels from reaching their ...

There are two species of hippopotamus: the common river hippo (Hippopotamus amphibious) and the much smaller pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis). The hippo is one of the largest mammals on Earth. On ...

The ostrich is the largest and heaviest living bird. Males are typically larger than females, weighing 220 to 287 pounds and measuring 6.9 to 9 feet in height. Meanwhile, females weigh 198 to 242 ...

Sealed inside a mud-walled nest, a female hornbill relies entirely on her partner for food while she raises their chick. For months, the male delivers every meal through a narrow slit—until the day ...