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Drugs and drug-taking equipment - a sheet of LSD tabs. (Photo by Paul Faith - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)

LSD guide from 1967 still has good advice, psychologists say

ALBATROSS takes movement inspiration from three remarkably different animal types and mashes them into something entirely new.

Transformative new robot that can fly, sail, and swim autonomously

By Mack DeGeurin

a butterfly wing with rainbow lights following it

Butterfly wings create dazzling optical illusions

By Laura Baisas

an eagle sitting on a nest as the sun rises

How to watch Jackie the bald eagle’s memorial service

By Laura Baisas

a bear sitting eating a salmon with a crown on its head

Bear #89 (Backpack) wins Fat Bear Week 2026

By Popular Science Team

a painting of two ducks with black and white feathers flying above snow-capped mountrains

Since 1934, the Federal Duck Stamp has raised $1.3 billion for habitat conservation

By Laura Baisas

a bird with a blue beak opens it wide

The world’s loudest birds squawk as loud as a jackhammer

By Laura Baisas

the backs of two eagles perched on a tree

Bald eagles Shadow and Kaydee share a peaceful morning, Jackie’s memorial service approaches

By Laura Baisas

A downed tree blocks part of a roadway in Brooklyn's Prospect Park after a nor'easter storm swept through the area over the weekend on September 28, 2026. The storm brought high winds, rain, and flooding to coastal communities across New York City and much of the Northeast.

How to help wildlife after a nor’easter

By Margherita Bassi

a caribou stands among trees on a trail

5 ‘trailblazing’ caribou return to Canada’s wilderness

By Margherita Bassi

a woman holds up a turtle with bright blue paint on its shell

Shockingly blue turtle discovered in Kentucky backyard

By Margherita Bassi

Blind chimp in Louisiana regains sight after cataract surgery

By Margherita Bassi

a large brown bear walks by a river with its snout in the water

How to help Katmai’s brown bears this Fat Bear Week

By Laura Baisas

To test how skin-associated bacterial communities can protect tropical frog species against disease, the research team conducted a lab experiment in Brazil focusing on two frog species: ‘Ischnocnema henselii’ (left) and ‘Haddadus binotatus’ (right).

Frogs wear bacterial suits of armor to fight off deadly fungus

By Laura Baisas

a model of a salamander

Two moms named Jean inspired the name of a 309-million-year-old fossil

By Laura Baisas

A puppet with big eyes, a long droopy nose looks at camera in a suit and fedora in front of a red curtain.

What kind of animal is Gonzo?

By Niranjana Rajalakshmi

Close up of sea spider with red eyes

Sea spider with hairy feet, three lips, and red eyes found in Canada

illustration of TRAPPIST-1D a small exoplanet orbiting a cooling Red Dwarf Star.

Earth’s closest alien life probably isn’t very advanced, says new study

Art rendering of plesiosaur swimming underwater in an ocean

Plesiosaurs vomited indigestible pellets like owls

Woman asleep with her head on her arms at table in coffee shop next to cup of coffee

Even morning coffee can mess with your sleep