This story appears in the April 2014 issue of National Geographic ... wild animals kept as pets live side by side with their human owners. It’s believed that more exotic animals live in American ...

What happens to exotic pets that outlive their owners? What happens to exotic pets that outlive their owners? How extreme heat affects our pets—and how to help them How extreme heat affects our ...

This story appears in the June 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. People love animals. Nowhere is that more apparent than at National Geographic, where photos of animals are among the ...

Females are slightly smaller, but are otherwise indistinguishable from males. Exotic pet enthusiasts often attempt to keep Meller's chameleons as pets. However, they are highly susceptible to even ...

Mouse lemurs are protected from hunting, but they are still captured for the exotic pet trade. They are most threatened by loss of the limited woodland habitat of their Madagascar home.

They’re so beloved as pets that international traffickers ... This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sometimes the sounds of a vocalist warming up drift ...

This story appears in the October 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. After videos of slow lorises being tickled and fed rice balls in captivity swept the Internet, the wide-eyed animals ...