Wildlife (Page 27)

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

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A reconstruction of Ambopteryx in a glide.

Dinosaurs may have evolved into birds, but early flights didn’t go so well

By Kate Baggaley

Paleontologist Jingmai O'Connor birding with her mother in China

Birds are dinosaurs, and this fossil detective has rooms full of bones to prove it

By Science Friday

A ruby-throated hummingbird that hit a glass window, held in someone's hand

How to help an injured bird

By Purbita Saha

a black bear standing near a tree

Simple tips for getting black bears to leave you alone

By Alisha McDarris

We can protect whales from ship strikes by translating their songs

By Kate Baggaley

Bear 128 'Grazer', with medium blonde coat and light fluffy ears standing at the edge of the water with tall grass behind her.

How scientists try to weigh some of the fattest bears on Earth

By María Paula Rubiano A.

Whale ‘roadkill’ is on the rise off California. A new detection system could help.

A male Northern cardinal feeding a female Northern cardinal

Few people knew female birds had unique songs—until women started studying them

By Omland, Rose & Odom/The Conversation

white-crowned sparrow singing in a tree

Bird songs got sexier during the COVID-19 shutdown

Monarch butterflies

Migrating monarchs are in trouble. Here’s how we can all help them.

By D. André Green II/The Conversation

acorn woodpecker

Blood, death, and eye gouging: welcome to the world of acorn woodpeckers

By Kate Baggaley

A day in the life of an eagle wrangler

By Maggie BenZvi/Coffee or Die

Your car is probably full of spiders

By Popular Science Team

A Blakiston's fish owl hunting for masu salmon in a river

The quest to snare—and save—the world’s largest owl

By Jonathan Slaght

bottlenose dolphins

Manmade pollutants could be harming marine mammals more than we think

A National Park mountain range against clear blue and lightly clouded skies overlooking a wooded forest area.

The Great American Outdoors Act proves that grassroots advocacy and democracy still work

By Robinson & Krebs/ Outdoor Life

Escaped exotic animals are changing the Texas landscape

By Asher Elbein/Texas Observer

sharks in the ocean

Endangered Species

Reef sharks around the world are in trouble

By Kate Baggaley

An Audubon's shearwater over water

Bird names are due for an anti-racist reckoning

By Hannah Thomasy/Undark

The ultra-black Pacific black dragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus), the second-blackest fish studied by the research team.

These ultra-black fish camouflage with the darkness of the deep sea

American hunters on horseback through the Yukon

With the US-Canada border closed, wildlife tourism is hurting

By Joe Genzel/ Outdoor Life

A doe crossing a road in Yosemite National Park

Less roadkill during the pandemic could translate to more deer down the road

By Joe Genzel/ Outdoor Life

A grizzly bear walking through the snow.

These survival tips might actually get you killed

By Keith McCafferty/Field & Stream

a white-throated sparrow

White-throated sparrows are ditching their classic song for a new tune

By Kate Baggaley

Hummingbirds can see colors we can’t even imagine

By Kate Baggaley

Black kids with binoculars

Black birders have never been safe or celebrated

By Jacqueline L. Scott/The Conversation

A male Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) perches atop a sunflower.

Migratory birds in the Eastern US are struggling to adapt to climate change

By Kate Baggaley

New Zealands animals

New Zealand’s bold rat-control campaign sees its first wave of successes

By Mara Johnson-Groh

Vets, farmers, and zookeepers can help prevent the next pandemic

By Lynne Peeples/Undark

A bull elk bugles in a field.

Ten shocking survival stories that real people lived to tell

By Field & Stream Editors

bats flying out of an abandoned gold mine

Why do so many diseases come from bats?

By Kate Baggaley

shark birth science

Why scientists are giving ultrasounds to 10-foot-long pregnant sharks

By Hannah Verkamp/The Conversation

Rhinos with oxpeckers on their back.

Rhinos pay a painful price for oxpecker protection

By Sara Kiley Watson

elk on golf course

The real reason we’re seeing more wildlife during the pandemic

"Albino" tigers are often just captive individuals bred for specific, atypical features.

‘Tiger King’ would have been more disturbing if it had focused on the big cat trade

By Allison Skidmore/The Conversation

a screenshot of a video game

Animal Crossing’s most elusive fish has a bizarre real-life backstory

By Popular Science Team

group of people tagging a dear with a collar.

GPS collars help wildlife researchers answer important questions

By Kris Millgate/ Outdoor Life

Vampire bats know the true meaning of friendship—sharing slurps of blood

By Sara Kiley Watson

a Northern cardinal on a metal bar outside

How to start birding in any US city

By Georgia Silvera Seamans

North American bats tend to roost among the fungus that kills them

By Kate Baggaley

River dam puzzle

America thrived by choking its rivers with dams. Now it’s time to undo the damage.

A ruby-throated hummingbird dips into a nectar feeder.

Expert-approved ways to feed all your favorite birds

By Julian Avery/The Conversation

Kea parrot with black token.

Kea parrots use statistics to get what they want

By Sara Kiley Watson

a seagull eating a piece of pizza on a restaurant table

Seagulls hunger for food touched by human hands

The mangrove-lined estuary on Abaco Island in the Bahamas.

Millions of people’s food supply depends on super-urinating fish

By Kate Baggaley

Sahara desert at sunset.

The Sahara used to be full of fish

By Sara Kiley Watson

cassiopea jellyfish

Upside-down jellyfish lob tiny grenades to kill prey

By Kate Baggaley

two fish side by side with one poking a bone into the other, but in a sexy way

This ancient bony fish was a sexual pioneer

By Rachel Feltman

Releasing a redfish

Releasing a caught fish isn’t as simple as tossing it overboard

By Capt. Spud Woodward/Sportfishing Mag

peregrine falcon staring into camera

One of the most important laws protecting birds in the US just got gutted

jackass penguins

Jackass penguins talk like people

By Kate Baggaley

artist rendition of jellyfish with implants

Bionic jellyfish can swim three times faster

By Kate Baggaley

For polar bears contending with climate change, it’s ‘survival of the fattest’

For polar bears contending with climate change, it’s ‘survival of the fattest’

By Dan Nosowitz

walking shark on the seafloor

These adorable sharks have evolved to walk across the seafloor

By Kate Baggaley

arctic terns flying against clouds with person silhouetted against background

Endangered Species

Marine parks need to move along with the animals they’re protecting

Lionfish underwater

This harpoon-throwing robot is designed to hunt destructive lionfish

By Sara Kiley Watson

African grey parrot.

For some African grey parrots, sharing is caring

By Sara Kiley Watson

a hummingbird on a tree

Hummingbirds get their wild coloring from ‘air-filled pancakes’ in their feathers

By Kate Baggaley

cuttlefish with 3D glasses

Cuttlefish perceive depth—and they wore 3D glasses to prove it

By Sara Kiley Watson

A packed canoe on the shore in Bowron Lake Provincial Park, of Canada.

The 10 best canoe trips in the U.S. and Canada

By Ben Duchesney/Field & Stream

Our best bet against tick infestations might be fire

Our best bet against tick infestations might be fire

By Ellen Airhart

Antietam National Battlefield

Countries can salvage places scarred by the horrors of war

By Todd Lookingbill and Peter Smallwood/The Conversation

A vulture perched in a tree.

Vultures are going extinct because people won’t stop consuming their brains

By Cathleen O'Grady/Undark

Female vampire bats regurgitate bloody dinners for their starving girlfriends

Female vampire bats regurgitate bloody dinners for their starving girlfriends