Animals

The wild denizens that share our planet, including videos, photo essays, and news on recently discovered—or increasingly rare—species.

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two eaglets with black feathers sitting in nest
Environment

Bittersweet fledge watch begins for bald eagles Sunny and Gizmo

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a pink flamingo feeding in a shallow pool. a swirling vortex of water is near its beak
Environment

Flamingos conjure ‘water tornadoes’ to trap their prey

By Laura Baisas

A mother chimpanzee carrying her twins on her back.
Environment

Wild chimp babies bond with their moms in human-like ways

By Laura Baisas

Various flowers in a flowerbed in soft sunlight in summertime.
Environment

Everything you need to know about chaos gardening

By Debbie Wolfe

a tiger peers through a rib cage of dead animal
Environment

17 unforgettable images from the Environmental Photography Awards

By Popular Science Team

a close-up of a chimpanzee eating a piece of watermelon
Environment

Chimpanzees can keep a rhythmic beat

By Laura Baisas

Close up of aoudad ram
Environment

Texas aims to legalize hunting invasive sheep from helicopters

By Andrew Paul

a snow leopard walking down a mountainside
Environment

Northern India’s elusive snow leopards get their close up

By Laura Baisas

a snail laying an egg from its neck
Environment

Watch a snail lay an egg…from its neck

By Laura Baisas

a papier mache bird sits in a field
Environment

Grand Teton deploys papier-mâché birds

By Popular Science Team

The recent discovery helps bridge the gap between ancient cicadas and their present day descendants.
Science

Earliest ‘true cicada’ fossil discovered in Germany

By Andrew Paul

A blue tit flies to a feeder in a garden, where a great spotted woodpecker is currently sitting.
Environment

Are backyard bird feeders safe? How to stop illness and intruders.

By Laura Baisas

A Yangtze finless porpoise hunting in China’s Poyang Lake. Fish are jumping all around the porpoise as it leaps out of the water.
Environment

Poems spanning 1,400 years tell the tale of a revered porpoise

By Laura Baisas

a lion cub sniffs a tortoise hiding in its shell
Environment

10 beautiful images from the 2025 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

Mule deer scratching itself
Environment

Good luck guessing Yosemite’s most dangerous animal

By Andrew Paul

a mosquito under a microscope
Environment

What would a world without mosquitoes look like?

By RJ Mackenzie

a california sea lion sits by a pool
Environment

This sea lion can keep a beat better than some humans

By Laura Baisas

An axolotl crawling up to the aquarium pane at the Hamburg animal shelter.
Environment

Axolotls raised in captivity can survive in the wild

By Laura Baisas

Bald eaglets in canoe with caps over eyes
Environment

Rescuers borrow canoe to save baby bald eagles in river

By Andrew Paul

A fringe-lipped bat approaches a Fitzinger's robber frog in Panama. This species of bat eavesdrops on the mating calls that male frogs produce to attract females, and uses these frog calls to detect, assess, and localize its prey.
Environment

Young bats develop a ‘caller ID’ to avoid poisonous prey

By Laura Baisas