For an octopus mother, mating marks the beginning of the end. She chooses a mate, lays her eggs, and spends her final days guarding them.

Otter triplets are extremely rare, and raising them pushes a mother to her limits. When the smallest cub ventures out on his own in search of food, he strays too far and becomes separated from his ...

Pheasant: a bird in the Phasianidae family that is native to Eurasia. Kingdom: | Animalia Phylum: | Chordata Class: | Aves Order: | Galliformes Family: | ...

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 ...

NATURE explores the fascinating partnership between animal and human in Horse and Rider. “Bet Yer Blue Boons” is one of the most agile and intelligent cutting horses in the world, a true champion.

To protect his young, this Banggai cardinal fish dad carries their eggs in his mouth — fasting for nearly a month. Surrounded by predators, his sacrifice gives his offspring the best possible start in ...

The American bison (Bison bison), often called the American buffalo in North America, is a large grazing mammal native to the continent’s grasslands and prairies. Once numbering in the tens of ...

Frogs are a diverse group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians in the order Anura. They occur across most of the world (excluding polar regions), with the greatest species richness in the tropics, and ...

NATURE presents the compelling story of a remarkable denizen of the West in Cloud: Wild Stallion of the Rockies. America’s wild horses lead an exhilarating but perilous existence. The climate can be ...

Trapped on the wrong side of a flooded river, an elephant matriarch tests the current and faces a critical decision: do the risks outweigh the need for fresh grazing?

In 1893, a bounty hunter named Ernest Thompson Seton journeyed to the untamed canyons of New Mexico on a mission to kill a dangerous outlaw. Feared by ranchers throughout the region, the outlaw wasn’t ...