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a monkey standing up on two legs in a forest

9 rare animals caught on camera in the ‘Amazon of Asia’

By Popular Science Team

Antique film camera on stack of black and white pictures

$13 thrift store camera hid 70-year-old undeveloped film

family of monkeys

11 stunning finalists for the Youth Photographer of the Year prize

By Popular Science Team

ruins of a roman bath

How a hobbyist’s hunch uncovered hidden Roman military camps

By Mack DeGeurin

an illustration of an asteroid

World’s largest digital camera spots massive asteroid

By Laura Baisas

a light green aurora over a waterfall

12 ethereal images from the 2025 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

person holding photo above other photos

Why you should still print photos

a dead sperm whale floats among ice while a polar bear floats on the whale

5 captivating images from National Geographic’s Pictures of the Year

By Popular Science Team

a sunrise over a desert landscape

13 perfect panoramic images from the 2025 Epson International Pano awards

By Popular Science Team

a close up of an opal

What do you see? 12 extreme close-ups bring ‘hidden science’ to life

By Felice Frankel

the international space station above the earth, with a green and red aurora shining on the planetImage: Photo by Don Pettit.

5 specially-crafted images to celebrate World Space Week

By Popular Science Team

two images of a person in a city, one with a bus and one without

Google’s latest AI photo-editing tool means you might not need Photoshop

a sea otter with its paw on its head

6 fun photos to celebrate Sea Otter Awareness week

By Popular Science Team

woman taking a selfie

The 6 best photo editing apps for your phone

Billy Joel in the 1970s wearing a New York Yankees baseball cap, aviator sunglasses, a leather jacket, jeans, and worn-out tennis shoes. He’s napping casually on an airplane with retro orange seats and warm-toned walls ranging from orange to yellow. The seat in front of him has been folded over so he can stretch up with his legs up on the folded seat. Behind him, a passenger with glasses is reading, while another passenger in front is smoking a cigarette.

15 fascinating photos of flying through the decades

hand holding a phone

How to take photos on your phone via remote control

Finally, scientists get a penguin’s-eye-view of the world

By Laura Baisas

woman looking out a window with phone in foreground

How to use Photoshop on your phone

Notre Dame de Paris cathedral on November 2, 2016 in Paris, France. It's the finest example of French Gothic architecture and the largest and most well-known church buildings in the world.

Notre Dame rises from the ashes in behind-the-scenes photos

By Laura Baisas

A person holding their smartphone in front of their face to take a selfie

Selfies have changed our perception of what we look like. Here’s why.

By Abby Ferguson