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This whale fossil could reveal evidence of a 15-million-year-old megalodon attack
Science

This whale fossil could reveal evidence of a 15-million-year-old megalodon attack

By Laura Baisas

A blue whale near Sri Lanka and a container ship.
Environment

World’s largest shipping company reroutes ships to protect world’s largest animals

By Laura Baisas

Hawaii’s prolonged drought is pushing native species to the brink
Environment

Hawaii’s prolonged drought is pushing native species to the brink

By Miyo McGinn

A cooked lobster claw.
Environment

Eating sustainably may mean skipping the lobster for now

By Laura Baisas

A bluefin tuna swimming in the open ocean.
Environment

Where food is scarce, ocean predators find snacks in swirling eddies

By Laura Baisas

In a rare, fatal shark attack, tourist killed in the Bahamas
Environment

In a rare, fatal shark attack, tourist killed in the Bahamas

By Laura Baisas

Full-grown bison standing in a prairie full of yellow goldenrod wildflowers
Environment

Bison are bringing biodiversity back to Kansas prairie land

By Miyo McGinn

Moose calf running from grizzly bear in shallow water
Environment

A wedding videographer filmed a bear preying on a moose—during the groom’s vows

By Dac Collins / Outdoor Life

Blue-throated macaws are making a slow, but hopeful, comeback
Environment

Blue-throated macaws are making a slow, but hopeful, comeback

By Laura Baisas

Coast of Lake Superior
Environment

The untouched ‘wilderness’ of the Great Lakes is an illusion

By Dave Dempsey

European red fox crouched on concrete and looking directly into the camera
Science

Can invasive species ever be ‘good’?

By Miyo McGinn

Gila monster lizard and real-life dragon hissing in the desert
Science

Could dragons be real? Not in the way we think.

By Purbita Saha

Tropical Fish on a coral reef and Doublebar bream.
Environment

For marine life to survive, we must cut carbon emissions

By Laura Baisas

Parasitic fungi bursting from a fly's back in macro
Science

These thoughtful nature images were captured by scientists in action

By Popular Science Team

Orange male betta fish surrounded by eggs in a greenery-filled aquarium
Environment

Captive fish have feelings we’re just beginning to understand

By Brandon Keim

J. J. Giraldo
Science

3D models show the megalodon was faster, fiercer than we ever thought

By Laura Baisas

A genetics startup wants to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction
Environment

A genetics startup wants to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction

By Laura Baisas

a semi-translucent fish with a tadpole-shaped body and small flecks of red and yellow
Environment

Biofluorescent snailfish brave Arctic waters with built-in antifreeze

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Baby hippo Fritz with mother at Cincinnati Zoo.
Environment

Cincinnati Zoo welcomes surprise baby hippo after mother’s birth control ‘fritzes’

By Laura Baisas

Kids with long frizzy brown hair birdwatching with binoculars from a duck blind
Environment

How to become a citizen scientist—and when to leave it to the professionals

By Bridget Reed Morawski

a black and white ghostly image of a jumping spider hanging by a thin silk strand in a sleep-like state
Science

Jumping spiders might be able to sleep—perchance to dream

By Lauren J. Young

Shrew on the forest floor.
Environment

Newly discovered Langya virus may have jumped from shrews to humans

By Laura Baisas

a vibrant orange and black monarch butterfly perched on a purple flower
Environment

The monarch butterfly is scientifically endangered. So why isn’t it legally protected yet?

By Lauren J. Young

Rio Grande silvery minnow endangered fish on black background
Environment

An endangered fish’s story follows the vanishing waters of the Rio Grande

By Miyo McGinn

a white lab rat held in a gloved hand
Science

These sterile mice have been modified to make rat sperm

By Miyo McGinn

Iberian lynx licking its lips in captive breeding program
Environment

The curious case of an endangered wildcat and a disappearing fruit tree

By April Reese

Farmers and scientists unite to save the home of an endangered salamander
Environment

Farmers and scientists unite to save the home of an endangered salamander

By Lourdes Medrano/Undark

Small European panda from 6 million years ago in a painting
Science

Pandas weren’t always bamboo fiends

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Sable Island’s famous wild horses are at the heart of a conservation controversy
Environment

Sable Island’s famous wild horses are at the heart of a conservation controversy

By Moira Donovan / Hakai Magazine

Great white shark breaching while trying to bite a seal
Science

Great white shark sightings are up in the US, which is kind of good news

By Miyo McGinn

Alaska chum salmon
Environment

Alaska’s salmon are in chaos

By Victoria Petersen / High Country News

A beginner’s guide to iPhone bird photography
DIY

A beginner’s guide to iPhone bird photography

By Marissa Wu / Popular Photography

Baby orca next to adult in the Salish Sea near Washington
Environment

A baby orca sparks a glimmer of hope for an endangered group of whales

By Miyo McGinn

red panda sleeping on branch
Environment

We don’t have a full picture of the planet’s shrinking biodiversity. Here’s why.

By Sara Kiley Watson

A crow and a vulture with a bright red head stand facing one another on a leaf-covered forest floor.
Environment

The wackiest-looking birds are the most at risk for extinction

By Philip Kiefer

Pileated woodpecker with a red cap and black and white face pecking on wood in nine high speed video frames
Environment

Why woodpeckers actually don’t need shock-absorbing skulls to headbang

By Kate Baggaley

Caribou peeking over horizon
Environment

Climate change is forcing massive wildlife migrations towards the poles

By Benjamin von Brackel

Forest with mountain and sunset in background.
Environment

Why you can’t put a price on biodiversity

By Sara Kiley Watson

fin-whales-drake-passage
Environment

An Antarctic feeding frenzy means good news for vulnerable fin whales

By Corinne Iozzio

Fossil frog skeleton in rock from German swamp
Environment

A swamp orgy went terribly wrong for these prehistoric frogs

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Fish raining from sky on local news
Environment

We may know why fish rained from the sky over Texas

By Paul Richards / Field & Stream

Red fox with eyes closed and teeth bared
Environment

Can I have a pet fox?

By Dan Nosowitz

a sperm whale swimming under water
Science

Megalodons liked to snack on sperm whale snouts

By Rachel Feltman

Fat baby seal looking at the camera
Environment

Facial recognition works on seals. No, really.

By Sean Mowbray / Hakai Magazine

Soil with small green plants.
Environment

Diverse microbes are key to healthy soil. Climate change is threatening that.

By Carla Delgado

shark-near-florida
Environment

Sharks are learning to love coastal cities

By Corinne Iozzio

a siberian husky in the snow howls
Science

Ancient wolf DNA is being used to sniff out where our love story with dogs began

By Kate Baggaley

a large black stick bug isolated on a black background
Environment

Macro portraits reveal the glamor and peril of endangered insects

By Lauren J. Young

Farmer holding freshly harvested carrots.
Environment

The EU’s plan to halve pesticide use is ambitious, but realistic

By Sara Kiley Watson

a close up of a face mite poking out of a skin pore
Science

The mites that breed on our faces are getting clingier by the day

By Lauren J. Young

a turtle with a bit of moss on its face
Health

Could reptiles and amphibians hold the key to the fountain of youth?

By Kate Baggaley

Ca. Thiomargarita magnifica filamentous bacteria on black
Environment

Ever heard of giant bacteria? This new species is way bigger and weirder.

By Maria Parazo Rose

megalodon
Environment

Could an ancient megashark still lurk in the deep seas?

By Riley Black

Giant freshwater fish
Environment

This is the largest freshwater fish ever caught

By Paul Richards / Field & Stream

Colorful mantis shrimp with giant eyes that have color vision on black background
Environment

Do animals feel pain? Science author Ed Yong says that’s the wrong question.

By Philip Kiefer

a family of polar bears walk on a glacier
Environment

Greenland’s polar bears are learning to get around in a less icy world

By Kate Baggaley

Starfish spawning in water
Environment

8 award-winning photos of nature’s stranger things

By Stephanie Stone

A piping plover shorebird walks on sand, with tawny feathers on his back, a white stomach, a black band of feathers on his neck, and a green band on his ankle
Science

Remembering Monty and Rose, the Chicago shorebirds that became the face of a movement

By Ella Weaver

SpaceX rocket launch facility near Boca Chica, Texas.
Environment

What SpaceX’s final Starbase permits could mean for Texas wildlife

By Kristine Liao

What an ancient jawbone reveals about polar bear evolution
Science

What an ancient jawbone reveals about polar bear evolution

By Philip Kiefer

A baby sea turtle on a beach near some sea turtle tracks, and some people in the background.
DIY

Safely share the beach with endangered sea turtles this summer

By Alisha McDarris

A great white shark and megalodon co-existed nearly 4 million years ago.
Environment

How great white sharks probably hastened the demise of megalodon

By Kate Baggaley

A condor.
Environment

Inside the Yurok Tribe’s mission to make critically endangered condors thrive

By Brian Oaster / High Country News

A colorful parrot hooked onto a tree with its beak.
Environment

What’s got two legs and a head for climbing? Rosy-faced lovebirds.

By Philip Kiefer

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