Wildlife

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three blue-green eggs in a nest sitting in a tree

10 wild photos of bird eggs

By Popular Science Team

a close up of a baby chick

Baby chicks like gentle pets—like really gentle

By Margherita Bassi

frog eggs floating on a pond. they are clear blobs with a black dot inside

Nature’s strangest eggs—from spongy clusters to gelatinous blobs

By Laura Baisas

Fish climbing upstream against rock wall

These tiny fish climb waterfall cliffs for 10 hours

The talons of an immature bald eagle.

Rescued birds treated to a pedicure—or talon trim

By Margherita Bassi

an illustration of a prehistoric spider relative

500-million-year-old spider relative has claws where it shouldn’t

By Laura Baisas

a baby squirrel with brown fur sits on a man's shoulder

Baby squirrels are here! Here’s what to do if you find one.

By Margherita Bassi

24 new species of deep sea organisms. they are small and resemble shrimp

New crustacean named after its unique butt

By Laura Baisas

a close up of a tortoise covered in dirt

Volunteers finally find Betty White—the rescue tortoise

By Laura Baisas

three polar bear cubs curled up with their mother

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 announces People’s Choice winners

By Popular Science Team

two owls sit on a metal table with their wings up

Spunky baby owls examined after being found on soccer field

By Laura Baisas

a bird with long legs and green feathers standing on a rock

Student discovers new Galápagos bird, solving a decades-old mystery

By Laura Baisas

Close up of gray squirrel in tree

Squirrels love almonds, and will work harder to get them

a sperm whale calf swims under its mother

Baby sperm whale birth captured in groundbreaking video

By Laura Baisas

A digital illustration of a large, prehistoric marine reptile, specifically a Pliosaur, swimming in a deep blue ocean. The creature has a dark, streamlined body with a pale underbelly, four powerful flippers, and a massive, elongated head. Its jaws are slightly open, revealing rows of sharp, protruding teeth. Beams of sunlight pierce through the water's surface from the top right, illuminating the predator as it glides through the clear, underwater environment.

The sea monster goes ‘bloop’—or does it?

By Andrew Coletti

a giraffe and her baby watch an airplane land

32 incredible wildlife images from the Nature Photography Contest

By Popular Science Team

a herd of bison running by a car

What to do if you encounter a bison

By Laura Baisas

A sperm whale and a photographer in the Atlantic Ocean near Portugal.

First-of-its-kind video confirms sperm whales really do headbutt

By Laura Baisas

Robin song bird, nothing prettier then the basic robin in summer

4 myths about backyard birds, debunked

a green insect (left) the same insect, but it has changed to pink (right)

Green insect turns a puzzling shade of hot pink

By Nidhi Sharma