Wildlife

The latest on the fascinating flora and fauna of our planet.

Latest in Wildlife

a woman holds a large lizard. it has black and white scales and is sticking out a red tongue tipped black
Wildlife

Frostbitten lizard found in Rhode Island is healing

By Margherita Bassi

a polar bear cub clings to its mother
Bears

24 beautiful images from the World Nature Photography Awards 2026

By Popular Science Team

a polar bear mother closes her eyes while laying down with two cubs. one cub is biting the other's cheek
Bears

11 cool photos to celebrate International Polar Bear Day

By Popular Science Team

a large goat with grey fur and large horns
Wildlife

Ireland’s native goats date back to Bronze Age

By Laura Baisas

Close-up of aedes aegypti mosquito sucking blood from human skin, transmitting dangerous diseases like dengue fever, zika virus, and chikungunya, Chumphon in thailand.
Wildlife

Mosquitoes have been sucking our blood for 1.8 million years

By Andrew Paul

Panamanian golden frog on leaves in forest
Endangered Species

Panama’s golden frogs beat extinction

By Andrew Paul

A detailed, extreme close-up of an emu's head and neck against its own feathered body. The emu has a sharp, dark beak and a striking, large orange eye. Its head is covered in fine, black wiry feathers, while the thick, gray and black plumage of its body creates a textured, blurred background.
Birds

Emus once faced down the Australian army—and won

By Tom Hawking

a dolphin swims in venice, italy
Wildlife

Humans pose the biggest risk to Venice’s celebrity dolphin

By Laura Baisas

a chimpanzee laying on its back in a forest
Wildlife

Chimpanzees love alcohol and their pee proves it

By Laura Baisas

A great white shark swims near Guadalupe Island in Mexico.
Sharks

Great white sharks don’t always flee after orca attacks

By Margherita Bassi

a monkey with white and black fur and a blue-ish face sits in a tree
Endangered Species

Blue-faced, puffy-lipped monkey scores a rare conservation win

By Margherita Bassi

a parrot with mostly green feathers and yellow feathers on the neck
Birds

The parrots having human-like conversations

By Margherita Bassi

a large bird called a wood stork stands in a wetland. it has long legs, white feathers, and a long beak
Birds

Wood storks to be removed from federal Endangered Species List

By Laura Baisas

a puma bits a guanaco
Wildlife

20 riveting images from the Sony World Photography Awards 2026

By Popular Science Team

African striped mouse and pups
Wildlife

Biologists discover gene that may determine ‘good’ and ‘bad’ dads

By Andrew Paul

Artistic reconstruction of a Late Pleistocene cave lion overlooking Mount Fuji, Japan. Credit: Velizar Simeonovski
Wildlife

Prehistoric Japan was home to cave lions—not tigers

By Andrew Paul

a small mammal with black eyes and big ears standing on a plant
Wildlife

World’s smallest possum may be hiding in South Australia

By Laura Baisas

a fox catches a crab mid-air3rd Place Photographer of the Year 2025 was awarded to Terry Donnelly from England, UK.
Wildlife

Society of Photographers announces Photographer of the Year

By Popular Science Team

live black scorpion (Emperor Scorpion)
Wildlife

Deadly scorpions are picky about their soil

By Andrew Paul

a pigeon. the bird as light grey feathers with green and purple feathers around the neck
Birds

550 pigeons rescued in North Carolina

By Laura Baisas