Wildlife(Page 5)

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

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a baby sea turtle in the sand
Wildlife

13 serene nature images from the Florida State Parks photo contest

By Popular Science Team

small fish in a net being rescued
Endangered Species

After a devastating wildfire, rescued fish make a triumphant return to Malibu

By Margherita Bassi

Koala female with her baby at the Perth Zoo in Australia.
Endangered Species

Secret koala population discovered near Australian city

By Margherita Bassi

A bird on a feeder eating seeds.
Birds

How to pick the right bird feeder and feed for your area

By John Alexander

a beige and brown moth on a stone
Endangered Species

Migrating moths can read the stars

By Lauren Leffer

illustration of a large lizard with a bulging head carrying a large egg
Wildlife

Bones of a raccoon-sized prehistoric lizard sat in a jar for 20 years

By Laura Baisas

a long black amphibian with feathered gills called an axolotl swims in a fish tank
Wildlife

Axolotl mucus peptides attack breast cancer cells and MRSA

By Laura Baisas

A Guatemalan tiger rump tarantula (Davus pentaloris) in a terrarium with reflections.
Spiders

Tarantulas adapt their running style after losing legs

By Laura Baisas

Fuzzy beetle on red flower
Wildlife

Most bugs can’t see red—but these beetles can

By Andrew Paul

A great hammerhead shark swimming close to the surface in Bimini, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea.
Endangered Species

Young hammerhead sharks love Biscayne Bay. Leave them alone, humans.

By Laura Baisas

Cedar Creek in Congaree National Park, South Carolina, showing old growth bottomland hardwood forest.
Wildlife

This National Park uses a ‘Skeeter Meter’ to inform visitors about mosquitoes

By Laura Baisas

an anaconda coiled sitting on straw
Wildlife

Q&A: How anacondas, chickens, and locals may be able to coexist in the Amazon

By Frontiers

a leopad seal with its mouth wide open
Fish

15 riveting images from the 2025 UN World Oceans Day Photo Competition

By Popular Science Team

a weedy seadragon swimming. they have long snouts and raised backs
Fish

Weedy seadragons in the running for nature’s best dads

By Margherita Bassi

a baby skunk is held by a person wearing blue latex gloves
Wildlife

Rescued baby skunks enjoy a good song

By Margherita Bassi

an adult osprey looks on as the heads of three chicks pop out over a nest
Birds

Three osprey chicks hatch in 500-pound steel nest boxes

By Laura Baisas

European Gray Wolf Cubs in a Grass in a Spring Day
Wildlife

Two Ice Age ‘puppies’ weren’t exactly dogs

By Andrew Paul

Thrush songbird
Birds

Ancient Romans snacked on deep-fried songbirds

By Andrew Paul

Examples of the pig molar teeth specimens analyzed for a study on pig domestication.
Wildlife

Wild boars began shrinking down to domesticated pigs 8,000 years ago

By Laura Baisas

Hammerhead shark in water
Birds

Osprey drops hammerhead shark onto disc golf field

By Andrew Paul

Gonatus Antarcticus squid seen underwater
Wildlife

Watch the mesmerizing first-ever footage of a rare Antarctic squid

By Andrew Paul

Lab grown salmon on sushi rice on a plate
Fish

FDA approves lab-grown salmon

By Andrew Paul

Sunny (top) practicing her hovering skills on May 29. She remained airborne for 3.3 seconds.
Birds

Famous eaglets Sunny and Gizmo have both officially left the nest

By Laura Baisas

fuzzy, orange-ish rodent in a person gloved hand
Wildlife

A baby porcupine is fluffier than you’d imagine

By Margherita Bassi

a blue fish with a pointy face in a california kelp forest
Wildlife

Q&A with the team behind ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’

By Laura Baisas

a violinist poses with his violin next to a pond with turtles
Wildlife

Turtles gather for sweet sounds of violinist

By Margherita Bassi

two yawning robot heads and a chimp
Wildlife

Chimpanzees ‘caught a yawn’ from this robot and researchers aren’t sure why

By Mack DeGeurin

an image taken with a microscope that shows a fruit fly approaching a tower made of tiny roundworms
Wildlife

Worm towers are all around us

By Lauren Leffer

an illustration of an extinct marsupial with brown and white fur and a small trunk-like nose
Wildlife

Australia’s giant extinct marsupials may be ID’d using tiny bone bits

By Tom Hawking

Dead coral sit on the ocean bed in the Straits of Florida near Key Largo, Florida, on September 23, 2021. The coral is very gray and white
Wildlife

Probiotics can help heal ravaged coral reefs

By Laura Baisas

Close up of white cockatoo
Birds

Wild cockatoos are learning how to use water fountains

By Andrew Paul

A female Anopheles mosquito is sitting on a green vine of the forest a
Wildlife

Scientists engineer mosquito STD to combat malaria

By Laura Baisas

The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2025 Mark Meth-Cohn MILNTHORPE United Kingdom Title: Aaaaaww Mum! Description: Caring Gorilla mum giving her infant a big sloppy kiss! Animal: Gorilla Location of shot: Rwanda
Wildlife

10 delightful images from the 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

By Popular Science Team

a small frog on a road, with a person's bright sneakers in the background
Wildlife

Wildlife underpass reduces squished amphibians by 80%

By Laura Baisas

A harbor seal viewing a simulation of the seabed rushing beneath him, with a red ball target either side of his head to touch, to indicate which direction he appeared to be moving in.
Wildlife

Seals playing a video game reveal how they find their way

By Laura Baisas

a turtle with a large hole in its shell
Wildlife

Turtle’s mysterious injury caused by a golf ball

By Margherita Bassi

A female oceanic whitetip shark seen feeding on the carcass.
Sharks

Sharks surprise scientists by sharing a meal

By Laura Baisas

a pygmy hippo shows teeth in seemingly happy way
Endangered Species

This 51-year-old pygmy hippo just set a world record

By Popular Science Team

a man holds a long projectile tool made from a whale bone.
Whales

Oldest-known whale bone tools discovered in a Spanish cave

By Laura Baisas

a large American bullfrog in water with vegetation
Endangered Species

This invasive frog can fit baby turtles inside its mouth

By Margherita Bassi

two birds with black and white plumage with dots of yellow or blue feathers neat their beaks sit near a nest
Birds

Male hornbills are at their mates’ every beck and call

By Margherita Bassi

an illustration showing the various sizes of extinct giant sloths
Wildlife

8,000-pound sloths once roamed North America. Where’d they go?

By Laura Baisas

Adélie penguins walking along the Antarctic coastline.
Birds

How pungent poop could help Antarctica’s penguins

By Laura Baisas

Man holding woolly rat out for camera
Wildlife

Elusive woolly rat photographed for the first time

By Andrew Paul

a clear marine worm with many appendages branching out of its torso and some dots of colors
Wildlife

Sea worm’s reproductive bits grow their own eyes before mating

By Laura Baisas

Sargassum algae piles up along the shore at a beach in Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
Wildlife

31 million tons of seaweed ready to stink up Florida’s beaches

By Laura Baisas

a humpback whale calf swims in front of its mother
Whales

Humpback whales can give birth while migrating thousands of miles

By Laura Baisas

a baby howler monkey on the back of a juvenile capuchin
Wildlife

Capuchin monkeys kidnap baby howler monkeys, shocking scientists

By Lauren Leffer

a bird sits in several paper towels forming a circular donut-shaped nest
Birds

Why a ‘donut’ can help injured birds

By Margherita Bassi

Blue jay on city sidewalk.
Birds

What to do if you find a baby bird out of its nest

By RJ Mackenzie

a black and white snake with two heads
Wildlife

Rare two-headed snake is surprisingly thriving

By Margherita Bassi

thousands of birds take to the sky
Birds

Weather radar picks up over 1 million migrating birds

By Margherita Bassi

four puffins with white and black plumage and bright orange bills stand on a rock overlooking the north sea
Birds

Puffin-counting season begins with two new livestreams

By Laura Baisas

The Chicago Archaeopteryx, under UV light to expose soft tissues.
Birds

Feathered fossil shows famed dinosaur could fly (like a chicken)

By Andrew Paul

a split image of two newly discovered poison dart frogs. the one on the left has yellow legs with brown spots and green-ish stripes. the frog on the right has a brown body with light blue stripes
Wildlife

It’s raining tiny toxic frogs

By Lauren Leffer

An illustration of what the Amniote (early reptile) would look like from 350 million years ago.
Wildlife

Amateur paleontologists uncover earliest known ‘reptile’ footprints

By Laura Baisas

two eaglets with black feathers sitting in nest
Birds

Bittersweet fledge watch begins for bald eagles Sunny and Gizmo

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of a pink flamingo feeding in a shallow pool. a swirling vortex of water is near its beak
Birds

Flamingos conjure ‘water tornadoes’ to trap their prey

By Laura Baisas

A mother chimpanzee carrying her twins on her back.
Wildlife

Wild chimp babies bond with their moms in human-like ways

By Laura Baisas

Various flowers in a flowerbed in soft sunlight in summertime.
Wildlife

Everything you need to know about chaos gardening

By Debbie Wolfe

a tiger peers through a rib cage of dead animal
Wildlife

17 unforgettable images from the Environmental Photography Awards

By Popular Science Team

a close-up of a chimpanzee eating a piece of watermelon
Wildlife

Chimpanzees can keep a rhythmic beat

By Laura Baisas

Close up of aoudad ram
Wildlife

Texas aims to legalize hunting invasive sheep from helicopters

By Andrew Paul

a snow leopard walking down a mountainside
Wildlife

Northern India’s elusive snow leopards get their close up

By Laura Baisas