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Two views of a slingshot spider (Theridiosoma gemmosum) web. The right image shows the web’s cone shape with a spider at the tip.
Environment

Watch a slingshot spider deploy a perfectly-timed trap

By Laura Baisas

The anglerfish species Lophius piscatorius.
Science

Anglerfish are so much more than just their dangly bioluminescent lures

By Laura Baisas

an orca whale dorsal fin coming out of the water
Environment

Orcas observed preying on massive whale sharks

By Laura Baisas

a polar bear covered in snow
Environment

13 marvelous images from the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

Peach and Blossom, the National Thanksgiving Turkeys, are seen on the South Lawn of the White House before recieving a Presidential Pardon from US President Joe Biden in Washington, DC, on November 25, 2024.
Science

How did Thanksgiving turkeys get so darn big?

By Mack DeGeurin

a more colorful dominant male fish next to a more muted subordinate fish
Environment

Stress is warping these fish brains

By Laura Baisas

A black tiger—known for its merged stripes—patrols the Similipal Tiger Reserve. (Photo by for Prasenjeet Yadav for National Geographic)
Environment

5 fascinating wildlife images from National Geographic’s Pictures of the Year

By Popular Science Team

Looking from the stern of the ship as it tows the long horizontal array of hydrophones. The tow cable can be seen going through the metal horn at the stern. The hydrophone array is several hundred meters behind the ship and about 200 meters deep. Credit: Ross Chapman
Science

New theory explains mysterious ocean quacking first heard in the 1960s

By Andrew Paul

a scan of a zebrafish with its eye highlighted in green and other parts of its anatomy stained red and blue
Science

Mapping the shifting gaze of ‘fishlets’

By Laura Baisas

Ethiopian wolf licking nectar from Ethiopian red hot poker plant
Environment

These wolves are the first known carnivores to ‘enjoy’ sweets

By Andrew Paul

A mother and calf West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) in Crystal River, Florida.
Environment

Florida’s famous manatees were originally tourists

By Laura Baisas

An illustration of two Skiphosoura bavarica in flight.
Science

New pterosaur species sliced through the air with a sword-like tail

By Laura Baisas

a tick half embedded in human skin
Environment

How hitchhiking ticks are bringing diseases to new places

By Laura Baisas

a molting penguin with a mixture of feathers
Environment

Famously extra large penguin Pesto is molting

By Laura Baisas

a female mountain lion walks at night with some kittens behind her
Environment

Mountain lions in Los Angeles become night owls to avoid humans

By Laura Baisas

a small bird with black, gray, and white, plumage solves a puzzle in a lab
Environment

Immigrating great tits learn from their new neighbors

By Laura Baisas

A diver from National Geographic Pristine Seas measures the world’s largest coral colony in the Solomon Islands.
Environment

World’s largest coral discovered and it’s longer than a blue whale

By Laura Baisas

a colorful coral reef with fish swimming above it
Environment

Chlorine and cocoa butter may help disease-ridden corals

By Laura Baisas

Beluga Whale or White Whale, delphinapterus leucas, Adult
Science

Russian ‘spy whale’ was actually an aquatic guard turned ‘hooligan’

By Andrew Paul

a new mollusc with a hood over its head
Science

New deep-sea slug catches crustaceans like a Venus fly trap

By Laura Baisas