A moose swims across a mountain lake, reaching the shore alongside a forest. The moose’s antlers—which stretch nearly six feet wide from tip to tip—drip water as the animal exits the water and trots toward the forest. The massive moose (weighing nearly 2,000 pounds) is the largest animal in the deer family.
When mating season is over in the fall, bulls shed their antlers and head off to
Balanced on a rock in the middle of a river, a black bear lowers her head to the water and … chomp! A wriggling salmon is no match for her strong jaws. She’s spent the summer eating berries and roots—now she’s eating all the salmon she can catch to gain as much weight as possible. She needs enough stored fat for her body to make milk for newborn cubs this winter.
they live off the huge amounts of body fat they stored up during the summer and fall
See how this powerful culture ruled from the Andes mountains of Peru 500 years ago.
It was a difficult place to live: Rain didn’t fall often, so crops were tough to
Attracting these cool creatures to your yard is one way to protect the Earth.
Some plants only bloom in fall; others in spring.
Afghanistan is located in Central Asia with Iran to the west and Pakistan to the east.
Civil war continued in Afghanistan after the Soviet departure until the fall of the
Uncover the secrets of one of the world’s oldest civilizations.
goddess Isis, helped cure human sickness, and the goddess Tefnut caused the rain to fall
These mammals spend most of their time in trees and are famous for their incredible acrobatic skills.
A fall from this height—about a hundred feet—could be deadly.
You might use plastic water bottles, yogurt cups, and straws for just a day, but they can remain in the environment for years. And that pollution can harm habitats and the animals that live there. Cut down Earth’s trash with these tips.
Photograph by Stephan Bonk, Shutterstock Balloons eventually fall back down to Earth
Dive into the wild world of sharks with the Nat Geo photographer and Explorer Brian Skerry.
upward at a fast sprint, burst out of the water in a leap called a breach, and fall
Get to know trees.
DO go out in summer or early fall. That’s when leaves are fully grown.
