Take a look at Nat Geo's 2025 Pictures of the Year, from wildlife portraits to groundbreaking scientific discoveries.

He photographed the darkly colored, paperclip-size tadpoles in Cedar Lake, part of Canada’s Vancouver Island. “The challenge was to get the camera-to-subject distance just right and light them well ...

Despite early conservation successes, by the 1990s the world's tiger population was under dire threat. In this beautifully ...

The bald eagle, American alligator and Louisiana black bear are just three of the nearly 300 species revived by the Endangered Species Act -- 50 years since it first took affect. The Endangered ...

With the banana slug as its mascot, UC Santa Cruz may be a bit partial to slimy, brightly colored critters that inhabit our coast. But a National Geographic photo project that draws attention to ...

As the mysterious event that causes sawfish to spin and die continues, experts are taking an unprecedented step to protect the critically endangered ray. Following decades of overfishing and habitat ...