Latest Wildlife Stories
Scientists taught a spider how to jump so they can one day do the same for robots
Russian cuckoos are taking over Alaska
This albatross couple adopted a baby of another species
Drones can take scientists to strange new places—like inside whale snot
You’d have to give birth to a 30-pound baby to truly know how a kiwi bird feels
Rising temperatures are opening new territories for venomous creatures—including your backyard
Bat echolocation could help us understand ADHD
A new study on whales suggests Darwin didn’t quite get it right
Puffins are donning sexy little sunglasses in the name of science
These fish build group homes that double as devious shrimp traps
Look to large bodies to understand long life spans
This little baby bird lived 127 million years ago and died the size of your pinky
Bats help grow our crops, but climate change has them on the move
Americans used to eat pigeon all the time—and it could be making a comeback
What if hibernating animals formed an orchestra and performed a symphony about their winter’s sleep?
A fish that barely sleeps could help turn humans into all-night party animals
Meet the birds that work as wingmen for other males
This year’s Super Bowl stadium is an avian death trap
Listen to this orca saying ‘hello’—for science!
This tiny shark eats grass and it’s doing just fine
These bird feathers are so black your eyes can’t focus on them
Most male Emperor penguins fast for 115 days—but a few of them may sneak snacks
Seagulls are eating all of our garbage
The world’s fastest shark is no match for a sack of flaccid hagfish skin
This human-sized penguin isn’t even the largest ancient penguin we know about
Humans may be scaring narwhals to death
This new, duck-like dinosaur is so wacky scientists thought it was fake
Local knowledge can save endangered animals
Cecil the Lion’s infamous death didn’t actually do much to change trophy-hunting laws
Yetis are real, they just also happen to be Himalayan brown bears
Ranking the Types of Bear Species
Yes, the frilled shark is really freaky. But there are other ‘living fossils’ that are just as weird.
Why some sharks are like blimps, and others are like airplanes
We may have a new cousin in this orangutan species—but it’s in big trouble
Looking for bats in all the wrong places
Bats, too, love the city life
Vampire bats could soon swarm to the United States
Holy Harp Trap, Batman! The gear researchers use to study bats
One cave’s losing battle against a deadly bat fungus
Great tits aren’t the only things evolving to adapt to humans. Here are 12 others.
These dirty birds show why we need natural history museums
The world’s fastest shark is in trouble
These male jumping spiders evolved dance moves because the ladies ignore them
Archive Gallery: Man vs. Shark
Florida’s climate might—maybe—save a handful of America’s ash trees
These jellyfish don’t have brains, but still somehow seem to sleep
One scientist’s truly shocking quest to understand eels
Wildfires raged over nine states for the first half of September. Here’s what will rise from the ashes.
Meet the man fighting to save our country’s rarest chickens
Bats’ echolocation has one major blind spot
Space weather may be killing sperm whales
Hurricane Harvey’s putting bats at risk—but help is on the way
Why fish can’t help but eat our plastic garbage
How goldfish use booze to get through a hard winter
Bats are disappearing from churches in Sweden, and that’s not a good thing
Why scientists are racing to uncover the Greenland shark’s secrets
Meet an elusive, tragic, and incredibly bizarre new species of fish
Ravens are so smart it’s actually kind of disconcerting, new study finds
To save endangered whales, look to the poop
Sea spiders use their guts to pump oxygen through their freaky little bodies
Jellyfish use high-powered ‘syringes’ to shoot venom into your skin
Cockatoos make their own lil drumsticks to play music
Pandas, which are basically giant poop machines, may inadvertently help save other species
Birds’ ability to fly could determine the shape of their eggs