Captive wild animal encounters are hugely popular ... This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. I’ve come back to check on a baby. Just after dusk I’m in ...

WASHINGTON— The arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture known as Wildlife Services killed approximately 1.2 million native animals in 2019, according to new data released by the program this week.

Last March, when 14-year-old scuba diver Cruz Erdmann picked up a professional camera for the first time, little did he guess that in less than a year, he would win one of the world’s most ...