Wildlife(Page 5)

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

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Steven Spielberg, director of ‘Jaws,’ films the mechanical shark on set.
Sharks

50 years of the ‘Jaws effect’

By Laura Baisas

Burmese python on ground
Wildlife

Pythons can devour bones thanks to unique stomach cells

By Andrew Paul

Masked boobies on Johnston Atoll
Birds

Pacific island wildlife refuge spared from SpaceX rocket project

By Andrew Paul

baby elephant under mother in water
Wildlife

12 compelling wildlife photographs from BigPicture 2025

By Annie Colbert

a yellowtail parrotfish swims by a coral reef
Wildlife

Real Coral Reefs of Miami: A Q&A with the marine biologist behind a popular livestream

By Laura Baisas

a close up of a hermit crab, with brown coloring and dark eyes
Wildlife

What makes a hermit crab more bold? Hairy claws.

By Laura Baisas

A jumping spider devours a hoverfly. The hoverfly has evolved to look like a wasp, but in this case the resemblance is not sufficient to deter a spider from attacking it.
Wildlife

Flies disguised as wasps can’t fool birds

By Lauren Leffer

Orca whale on beach
Whales

Wild orcas will sometimes offer food to humans

By Andrew Paul

Eryops megacephalus’ (left) skull alongside Rex from the film “Toy Story” (right).
Wildlife

Skull that looks like a ‘Toy Story’ character unearthed in Texas

By Laura Baisas

two sea turtles released into the ocean wearing transponders
Endangered Species

17 rehabilitated sea turtles released off Cape Cod

By Laura Baisas

a leopard in a forest in myanmar
Endangered Species

Elusive and critically endangered leopard caught on camera

By Margherita Bassi

Portrait of a Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis helleri).
Wildlife

Spring rain could mean more rattlesnake bites

By Andrew Paul

Birdfy smart bird feeders on a plain background
Birds

Our favorite budget smart bird feeder is cheaper than it has been all year at Amazon

By Stan Horaczek

An artistic reconstruction of Swaindelphys. it has black fur, pointy pink ears, and pointy nose, and very large brown eyes
Wildlife

Shockingly large extinct possum uncovered in Texas

By Margherita Bassi

several baby turtles all crowded together
Wildlife

3,427 trafficked baby turtles rescued in Mexico

By Margherita Bassi

eight chipmunk specimens with tags on them in a museum collection
Wildlife

City living is changing rodent skulls in Chicago

By Laura Baisas

Cissy, a Sumatran orangutan mother, is taking a nap in her day nest.
Wildlife

Orangutans sacrifice sleep to socialize–but naps can help

By Lauren Leffer

An artist’s view of what the area of the Zvejnieki cemetery (present-day northern Latvia) might have looked like when animal parts were processed in the cooking pits.
Wildlife

Stone Age humans extracted animal teeth with flames, blades, and fleshy stews

By Laura Baisas

A turtle basking with its legs outstretched on a rock. This activity is normal and beneficial to turtles.
Wildlife

Why do turtles do the ‘Superman pose’?

By Laura Baisas

two orca whales come into contact with one another and a piece of kelp is between them
Whales

Orcas spotted using seaweed to groom each other

By Laura Baisas

a close up of a sedated black bear undergoing an examination by a team of vets. the bear's mouth open, showing his teeth
Wildlife

This is how you give a bear a check-up

By Margherita Bassi

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