Anansi’s trick to get food from Snake and Lion had worked so well he couldn't wait to play the trick again. And play it again he did - on Monkey. Then on Elephant. On Hippo. Even on Turtle.

Ananse, also spelled Anansi and Anancy, is one such folk hero of the African heritage diaspora. Half-human and half-spider, Ananse was created surrounded by wisdom, but in forgetting who he was went ...

This story appears in the September 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. For sheer breadth of freakish anatomical features, the chameleon has few rivals. A tongue far longer than its body ...

Heart-shaped green and yellow leaves edged in bright pink seem like they'll make chameleon plants (Houttuynia cordata) a ...

The Meller's chameleon is the largest of the chameleons not native to Madagascar. Their stout bodies can grow to be up to two feet long and weigh more than a pound. Meller's distinguish themselves ...

A miniature reptile escapes deforestation. On the eastern coast of Madagascar, a curious chameleon has recently captured the ...

Rejoice! There’s a new tiny chameleon on the block. Hailing from Madagascar, it joins other miniature chameleons in the Brookesia genus, subgenus Evoluticauda. At little bigger than the end of ...

Maybe the most surprising thing to learn about Tim Walz is that he’s only six months older than Kamala Harris. They look about a decade apart, but the vice president will turn 60 this month, and ...

I was born in Africa a long, long, very long time ago. People have been telling stories about me for centuries. Considering how old I am, I look pretty good for my age, don't you think? You may ...

Anansi’s trick to get food from Snake and Lion had worked so well he couldn't wait to play the trick again. And play it again he did - on Monkey. Then on Elephant. On Hippo. Even on Turtle ...