Wildlife(Page 20)

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

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A cooked lobster claw.

Endangered Species

Eating sustainably may mean skipping the lobster for now

By Laura Baisas

A bluefin tuna swimming in the open ocean.

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

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

Bison are bringing biodiversity back to Kansas prairie land

Moose calf running from grizzly bear in shallow water

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

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

By Laura Baisas

Coast of Lake Superior

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

Can invasive species ever be ‘good’?

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

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

By Purbita Saha

Tropical Fish on a coral reef and Doublebar bream.

Endangered Species

For marine life to survive, we must cut carbon emissions

By Laura Baisas

Parasitic fungi bursting from a fly's back in macro

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

Captive fish have feelings we’re just beginning to understand

By Brandon Keim

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

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

Biofluorescent snailfish brave Arctic waters with built-in antifreeze

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Baby hippo Fritz with mother at Cincinnati Zoo.

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

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

Jumping spiders might be able to sleep—perchance to dream

By Lauren J. Young

Shrew on the forest floor.

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

Endangered Species

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

Endangered Species

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

a white lab rat held in a gloved hand

Endangered Species

These sterile mice have been modified to make rat sperm

Iberian lynx licking its lips in captive breeding program

Endangered Species

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

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

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

Pandas weren’t always bamboo fiends

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

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

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

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

Alaska chum salmon

Alaska’s salmon are in chaos

By Victoria Petersen / High Country News

A beginner’s guide to iPhone bird photography

A beginner’s guide to iPhone bird photography

By Marissa Wu / Popular Photography

Baby orca next to adult in the Salish Sea near Washington

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

red panda sleeping on branch

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.

Endangered Species

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

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

By Kate Baggaley

Caribou peeking over horizon

Climate change is forcing massive wildlife migrations towards the poles

By Benjamin von Brackel

Forest with mountain and sunset in background.

Why you can’t put a price on biodiversity

By Sara Kiley Watson

fin-whales-drake-passage

An Antarctic feeding frenzy means good news for vulnerable fin whales

By Corinne Iozzio

Fossil frog skeleton in rock from German swamp

A swamp orgy went terribly wrong for these prehistoric frogs

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Fish raining from sky on local news

We may know why fish rained from the sky over Texas

By Paul Richards / Field & Stream

Red fox with eyes closed and teeth bared

Can I have a pet fox?

By Dan Nosowitz

a sperm whale swimming under water

Megalodons liked to snack on sperm whale snouts

By Rachel Feltman

Soil with small green plants.

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

By Carla Delgado

Fat baby seal looking at the camera

Facial recognition works on seals. No, really.

By Sean Mowbray / Hakai Magazine

shark-near-florida

Sharks are learning to love coastal cities

By Corinne Iozzio

a siberian husky in the snow howls

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

Endangered Species

Macro portraits reveal the glamor and peril of endangered insects

By Lauren J. Young

Farmer holding freshly harvested carrots.

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

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

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

By Kate Baggaley

Ca. Thiomargarita magnifica filamentous bacteria on black

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

By Maria Parazo Rose

Could an ancient megashark still lurk in the deep seas?

Giant freshwater fish

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

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

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

By Kate Baggaley

Starfish spawning in water

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

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

SpaceX rocket launch facility near Boca Chica, Texas.

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

By Kristine Liao

What an ancient jawbone reveals about polar bear evolution

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.

Endangered Species

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.

How great white sharks probably hastened the demise of megalodon

By Kate Baggaley

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.

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

By Philip Kiefer

A horde of horseshoe crabs mates on the beach

7 animal mating rituals that make horseshoe crab orgies look tame

A recreation of Yorkicystis haefneri, a historic creature

This strange 500-million-year-old sea urchin relative lost its skeleton

By Samuel Zamora / The Conversation

A jackdaw, a Eurasian bird that launches into the sky in flocks of hundreds.

Demo-crow-cy: Jackdaws leave the roost by voting