Photo by Thomas Peschak thomaspeschak | Dassen Island, off South Africa’s west coast, was one of the few places in the world where penguins and rabbits interacted on a daily basis. Both species nested and bred in burrows dug into the sandy island soil. I made this photograph in the early 2000s, and this scene no longer exists today. African penguin numbers declined dramatically, due to a lack of their preferred fish prey, caused by overfishing and changes in oceanography. For more photographs of rabbit and penguin antics follow thomaspeschak.

Photos by Carlton Ward Jr. carltonward | My friends and fellow National Geographic explorers Peter Houlihan and Mac Stone have published a new paper in Scientific Reports that details their discoveries behind ghost orchid pollination during the summer of 2018 at Corkscrew Swamp...See more

Photo by Dina Litovsky dina_litovsky | Twin sisters Gina and Lisa Sobinovsky, from West Virginia, present their research about the connection of fur color in cats to cancer at the 2019 International Science and Engineering Fair, a prestigious event attracting students from around...See more