Tigers and monkeys and tapirs, oh my! Joel Sartore's latest book, "National Geographic Photo Ark: Babies," captures the animal kingdom's most curious youngsters.

Instead, scientists often use the animal’s distinct calls—which sound like a crying newborn baby, the likely source of their name—to differentiate between closely related species.

Here's why. Wombats have buns of steel—and they poop in cubes. Here's why. Watch a Rescued Baby Wombat Bond With His Caretaker Watch a Rescued Baby Wombat Bond With His Caretaker Watch a Rescued Baby ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... down low in the grass to get a closer look at the animal lurching toward me. She’s about four months old, the ...

This story appears in the May 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Yet fish populations around the world, and the animals that eat them, depend on just how many larval fish make it ...