Wildlife(Page 18)

The latest on the fascinating flora and fauna of our planet.

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Fly with cordyceps zombie fungus growing out of its head on black background

Endangered Species

Nightmare-fuel fungi exist in real life

Bat hanging upside down from branch

Bat-like echolocation could help these robots find lost people

The bizarre story behind a viral man-eating lion hoax

The bizarre story behind a viral man-eating lion hoax

By Katie Hill / Outdoor Life

A fossilized fish brain alongside of a penny for size comparison.

Scientists find 319-million-year-old fossilized fish brain

By Laura Baisas

Two translucent Golden-line Barbell fish, also known as Sinocyclocheilus hyalinus, swim in a tank at Taipei, Taiwan on June 2, 2005.

Unicorns do exist—as a cave fish in China

By Laura Baisas

An emperor tamarin monkey sits in a tree.

Animals at the Dallas Zoo keep vanishing from their enclosures

By Laura Baisas

A northern pygmy owl with brown and white feathers perched on a tree branch and staring.

Songbird species team up to ‘mob’ owls and other predators

By Laura Baisas

What to do when your fishing lure hooks a bird, otter—or gator

What to do when your fishing lure hooks a bird, otter—or gator

By Joe Cermele/Field & Stream

A dolphin breaching near a fisherman standing in the water in Laguna, Brazil.

When humans and dolphins fish together, they both win

By Laura Baisas

When wolves hunt otters on this Alaskan island, deer suffer

When wolves hunt otters on this Alaskan island, deer suffer

By Marina Wang / Hakai Magazine

Two small prairie voles.

These fuzzy burrowers don’t need oxytocin to fall in love

By Laura Baisas

Two T. rex dinosaurs cuddling in bed after sex. Illustration in pink, purple, and gray.

Scientists are still banging out theories about how dinosaurs had sex

Artist's reconstruction of Ignacius dawsonae surviving six months of winter darkness in the extinct warm temperate ecosystem of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada.

These primate ancestors were totally chill with a colder climate

By Laura Baisas

When wind turbines kill bats and birds, these scientists want the carcasses

When wind turbines kill bats and birds, these scientists want the carcasses

By Emma Foehringer Merchant / Undark

a dark furred rabbit with short ears in the brush. the image was taken at night

How a peculiar parasitic plant relies on a rare Japanese rabbit

A chimpanzee holding out its hand.

Adolescent chimpanzees might be less impulsive than human teens

By Laura Baisas

Stowaway mice carry DNA evidence of an ancient black market fur trade

Stowaway mice carry DNA evidence of an ancient black market fur trade

By Gemma Conroy / Hakai Magazine

Plastic, pollution, and prescription drugs are making fish act erratically

Plastic, pollution, and prescription drugs are making fish act erratically

By Doug Johnson/Undark

A juvenile North American red squirrel in a tree in the Yukon, Canada

Squirrels gamble, too—but with their genes

By Laura Baisas

Pitcher plant with two dead spotted salamanders captured for photography awards

13 otherworldly photos that were actually taken on Earth

By Popular Science Team

Adult zebra shark swims in a tank at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago

Endangered Species

A virgin birth in Shedd Aquarium’s shark tank is baffling biologists

By Laura Baisas

Five fossil specimens including extinct trilobites.

Trilobites may have jousted with head ‘tridents’ to win mates

By Laura Baisas

Grilled bass on a bed of vegetables.

Freshwater fish are loaded with ‘forever chemicals’

By Laura Baisas

a grizzly bear crosses the road in yellowstone national park. cars are stopped in the background

Connecting national parks could help generations of wildlife thrive

Bush rats are back to reclaim their place in this Australian park

Bush rats are back to reclaim their place in this Australian park

By Gemma Conroy / Hakai Magazine

Every year in Texas, it rains rabies vaccines for coyotes and foxes

Every year in Texas, it rains rabies vaccines for coyotes and foxes

By Dac Collins / Outdoor Life

an orange spotted fish with a white line that stretches across its body

What rockfish genes can teach humans about living past 100

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

A big-eyed Brown Mouse Lemur from Madagascar.

Endangered Species

If Madagascar’s animals disappear, it’ll take 23 million years to get them back

By Laura Baisas

A small lizard called the Puerto Rican crested anole sits on a human-made fence.

When these reptiles became city lizards, it changed their genes

By Laura Baisas

A crab’s biggest turn off? Ship noises.

A crab’s biggest turn off? Ship noises.

By Brian Owens / Hakai Magazine

The Jewel Damselfish on off of a rat-free island.

Invasive rats are making some reef fish more peaceful, and that’s bad, actually

By Laura Baisas

‘Snowball Earth’ was crushing and cold. What animals could survive it?

‘Snowball Earth’ was crushing and cold. What animals could survive it?

By Chris Baraniuk / Hakai Magazine

A pink iguana in green grass at Galápagos National Park in Ecuador.

Pink Iguana hatchlings spotted for the first time on the Galápagos in decades

By Laura Baisas

Zebrafish swimming in an aquarium.

A primitive part of the zebrafish brain helps them find their way home

By Laura Baisas

Drones can help keep swimmers and sharks safe at the same time

Drones can help keep swimmers and sharks safe at the same time

By Larry Pynn / Hakai Magazine

A bright blue and green dragonfly.

Time passes faster for smaller, quicker animals

By Laura Baisas

Notopteris neocaledonica, the New Caledonia blossom bat, an endangered bat species endemic to New Caledonia.

How to get a bat out of your house

By Natalie Wallington

Certain funguses are deadly for frogs. Could ‘vaccinating’ them help?

Endangered Species

Certain funguses are deadly for frogs. Could ‘vaccinating’ them help?

By Andrea Adams / The Conversation

A young orangutan in a tree.

Why do humans talk? Tree-dwelling orangutans might hold the answer.

By Laura Baisas

An illustration of adult and young of the ichthyosaur species (Shonisaurus popularis) chasing ammonoid prey 230 million years ago, in what is now Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada.

Millions of years ago, marine reptiles may have used Nevada as a birthing ground

By Laura Baisas

World governments strike historic deal to protect planet’s biodiversity

World governments strike historic deal to protect planet’s biodiversity

By Laura Baisas

What more rain in the Arctic means for people, ecosystems, and wildlife

Endangered Species

What more rain in the Arctic means for people, ecosystems, and wildlife

By Matthew L. Druckenmiller, Et al. / The Conversation

Winged bird robot landing on wooden perch during test flight

Watch this bird-like robot make a graceful landing on its perch

Clams in their woody home.

These clams use poop to dominate their habitat

By Laura Baisas

Scientists just found out female snakes have two clitorises

Scientists just found out female snakes have two clitorises

By Laura Baisas

A reconstructed image of Ramsayia, alongside a modern day wombat.

Giant wombats the size of small cars once roamed Australia

By Laura Baisas

Hippo with its jaws open behind a heron in the water

These might be the funniest animal photos you’ve seen this year

By Popular Science Team

Barnacles on the side of the ship

Better anti-barnacle coating could keep ships smooth with less harm to ocean life

Flamingoes become an accidental source of pride in Mumbai

Flamingoes become an accidental source of pride in Mumbai

By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar / Hakai Magazine

Debunked: Vitamins and supplements won’t keep mosquitos from biting you

Debunked: Vitamins and supplements won’t keep mosquitos from biting you

By Matan Shelomi / The Conversation

Purple sea urchins underwater releasing eggs and sperms during the mating process

Sea urchin sperm is surprisingly useful to robotics experts

By Lauren J. Young

The last Tasmanian tiger’s remains were finally found—in a cupboard

The last Tasmanian tiger’s remains were finally found—in a cupboard

By Laura Baisas

The tortoise, the myth, the legend: Jonathan turns 190

The tortoise, the myth, the legend: Jonathan turns 190

By Laura Baisas

Saving seals may come at the cost of fragile flora

Endangered Species

Saving seals may come at the cost of fragile flora

By Sean Mowbray / Hakai Magazine

As belugas disappear, so does irreplaceable cultural knowledge

As belugas disappear, so does irreplaceable cultural knowledge

By Saima May Sidik / Undark

Daubenton's bat is similar to metal singers

What bats and metal vocalists have in common

By Laura Baisas

Ceramic ‘igloos’ could keep African penguins cool and cozy

Ceramic ‘igloos’ could keep African penguins cool and cozy

By Ryan Truscott / Hakai Magazine

Steller's Sea Cow

Meet the extinct sea cow that cultivated Pacific kelp forests

By Laura Baisas

Tiny octopus with clear head that shows off brain

What human and octopus brains have in common

By Laura Baisas

This giant bird stays healthy by munching on medicinal plants

This giant bird stays healthy by munching on medicinal plants

By Laura Baisas

a cooked turkey drumstick on a plate that's sliced revealing its dark pink meat

Is white meat better than dark meat? There’s no wrong answer.

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Dolphins aren’t afraid of a little hot sauce

Dolphins aren’t afraid of a little hot sauce

By Sarah Keartes / Hakai Magazine

Meet SharkGuard, a tiny electric field that protects sharks from fishing nets

Endangered Species

Meet SharkGuard, a tiny electric field that protects sharks from fishing nets

How kelp farming is helping revive the economy and ecology of a Long Island bay

How kelp farming is helping revive the economy and ecology of a Long Island bay

By Iris M. Crawford / Nexus Media