Wildlife(Page 7)

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

Latest in Wildlife

a green frog with its eyes and mouth sticking out of a shallow pool of water

Earth’s ‘Great Dying’ killed 80-90% of life. How some amphibians survived.

By Laura Baisas

two baby eagles tended to by their parent

The famous bald eagle nest live cam is back and we have 3 baby eaglets

By Laura Baisas

a large hornet dismembers a honey bee

1,400 different bug species found in the guts of Asian hornets

By Laura Baisas

An argentine ant is farming aphids on a young leaf.

Vicious invasive ants form gigantic supercolonies

three eggs in a nest. the egg on the right has a pip, which is the first crack in a shell. the pip is circled in red

Pips spotted! Live cam bald eagles’ eggs shows hopeful signs of hatching

By Laura Baisas

black rat sits on cage

Patient’s tingling feet turns out to be a rat-borne brain parasite

three narwhals with long tusks swim in the arctic ocean

Narwhals spotted using tusks for non-mating fun

By Laura Baisas

A polar bear mom and cub on sea ice, off the coast of Svalbard, Norway.

See the first moments when 3 polar bear cubs emerge from their den

By Laura Baisas

Illustration of giant flying squirrel leaping onto tree branch

Flying squirrels the size of cats soared over prehistoric Appalachia

a humpback whale lunches out of the water with its mouth open

Krill or anchovy? Baleen whale songs may indicate what’s on the menu

By Laura Baisas

a raccoon looking at a camera

Morning lark or night owl? Prevailing ideas of mammal activity are outdated

By Lauren Leffer

Nutria looking at camera against plant background

US Fish and Wildlife is begging you to eat more invasive marsh rodents

a polar bear swims towards the camera in icy waters

14 outstanding images from the 2025 World Nature Photographer Awards

By Popular Science Team

a dead fish being dragged on artificial turf

Dragging dead fish around reveals super power of mucus

By Ethan Freedman

South American sea lion comes in for a boop in the Falklands

15 breathtaking images from the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 awards

By Popular Science Team

a large bird with a long neck and black plumage called an emu walking around in nature

Emus might not be the ‘world’s dumbest bird’ after all

By Laura Baisas

a close up of a diver wearing a mask and a fish swimming towards him

Wild fish can recognize human divers

By Laura Baisas

Artwork depicting 16th century bear baiting match

Gruesome bear fights once entertained Elizabethan England

an illustration of an extinct big cat about the size of a leopard. it is brown with sharp teeth

Skull of a 30-million-year-old apex predator discovered in Egypt

By Laura Baisas

a cuttlefish swimming in the ocean

Cuttlefish ink can help keep sharks away from humans

By Laura Baisas

a seal with grey coloring wearing an orange heart rate monitor around its abdomen

Endangered Species

Baby seals are wearing heart monitors–for science

By Laura Baisas

one jaw fossil and six vertebrae fossils lined up

500,000 years ago, a bunch of animals fell into a Florida sink hole

By Laura Baisas

a turtle peeks its head out of the water

These sea turtles ‘dance’ when magnetic fields lead them to a snack

By Laura Baisas

A blow fly larva disguised as a termite, antennae and all.

Rare fly species wears fake termite head to infiltrate nests

By Laura Baisas

Macaque eats food rests from a trash in Kandy, Sri Lanka

Fighting monkeys cause nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka

Seized Japanese beetles in containers

Smugglers try to disguise giant beetles as Japanese snacks, unsuccessfully

a long python snake coiled in the grass with its head poking up

Hunting for Burmese pythons is best done in the dark

By Laura Baisas

a close up of a brightly colored mantis shrimp. they have two buldging eyes and greenish-yellow side appendages that they use to punch

How mantis shrimp protect their powerful ‘fists’ of fury

By Laura Baisas

an orange kitten with its paw up

Relax, Whiskers. Scotland is not banning cats

By Laura Baisas

an illustration of two long-beaked birds diving for fish in the shallow ocean off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula, with circular ammonites and long plesiosaurs for company.

After the asteroid, the earliest bird ancestors thrived in Antarctica

By Laura Baisas

a bloodied badger stares at a porcupine. the badger is covered in quills

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice winners capture nature at its fiercest

By Popular Science Team

a tiny green frog looking up from water

Endangered Species

Frogs rescued from a deadly fungus welcome 33 froglets

By Laura Baisas

Killer whale breaching water with oceans and birds behind it

Killer whales murder great white sharks for their livers

Boto Amazon River Dolphin close up

Male Amazon river dolphins pee into the air, confusing scientists

a spider with a large white fungus covering its head

Fungus-infected zombie spiders discovered in Northern Ireland

By Laura Baisas

A polar bear still hunting on the sea ice of Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada.

How do polar bears keep ice off their fur? Grease.

By Laura Baisas

A Great Tit pauses with an insect in its beak to feed its young.

Great tits thrive in old-growth forests

By Ethan Freedman

Finally, scientists get a penguin’s-eye-view of the world

By Laura Baisas

a baby swell shark swimming in a tank

Aquarium surprised by shark born in a tank without males

By Laura Baisas

a penguin swimming underwater in straight line making it look like it's flying

15 splashy and stunning underwater wildlife images

By Popular Science Team

a scientist holds a large rescued sea turtle in a lab

Endangered Species

Dozens of cold-stunned turtles rescued in Florida

By Laura Baisas

Close up of baboon face

Alpha male baboons’ obsession with females stresses them out

a scientist in a lab pierces the inside of an oyster to extract blood

Oyster blood could fight superbugs

By Laura Baisas

Three chimpanzees in an enclosure at the Kumamoto Sanctuary holding leafy branches.

Peeing is contagious for chimpanzees

By Laura Baisas

Two little blue penguins at a nest in Timaru, New Zealand.

When penguins divorce, the whole colony is impacted

By Laura Baisas

Two feral dogs walking near abandoned Ferris wheel in Chernobyl

Chernobyl’s feral dogs are genetically unique, but not mutated

a close up of an isopod with antenne and a segmented body

New foot-long crustacean named after Darth Vader

By Laura Baisas

A black rhino rests under a rainbow at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. In 2024, 21 black rhinos were moved to their new home at Loisaba Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya. Kenyaís black rhino population was poached almost to extinction and went from a low of 290 animals to 1004 today. They are expanding their habitat and it is a testament to Kenyaís conservation efforts. Ami Vitaleís career stands as a testament to her deep dedication to documenting and addressing global crises. As an acclaimed National Geographic photographer, writer, and documentary filmmaker, as well as the founder of Vital Impacts, Ami has consistently spotlighted critical issues affecting our world. Her journey began in conflict zones, where she observed firsthand how environmental degradationófrom resource scarcity to climate changeóintensifies human suffering and conflict. Follow Ami on Instagram @amivitale Photo by Ami Vitale/The Nature Conservancy

Endangered Species

16 enthralling wildlife photos spotlighting the need for conservation

By Popular Science Team

a blue lobster-looking animal called a crayfish. it has long claws, antennae, and a segmented body

New colorful species of crayfish discovered in aquarium shipment

By Laura Baisas

a small bird sits in a tree with its beak open wide

Why do birds make so many different sounds? 100,000 audio recordings offer clues.

By Laura Baisas

a yellow cardinal sits on a tree branch

Extremely rare yellow cardinal flies into a Michigan backyard

By Laura Baisas

Three red ants interacting with one another

Even ants may hold grudges

a small brown fish swimming in a tank

These fish can mate 19 times per day

By Laura Baisas

KOU-III robot jumping on lawn

Behold the hybrid copter-robot that struts and leaps like a chicken

a long whale shark with gray spots swims in the ocean

Whale shark pre-mating ritual observed for the first time

By Laura Baisas

a bird with white and black plummage and an egg on a nest and three other birds standing around her

Which animals reproduce at the oldest age?

By Laura Baisas

Yellowstone's Wolf 907F walking in the snow

Yellowstone’s ‘Queen of the Wolves’ dies after fight with rival pack

a baby pygmy hippo in an indoor tank with its mother nearby

Endangered Species

Newest pygmy hippo born on US soil gets a name

By Laura Baisas

a puffin, whale tail at sunset, and a sea turtle

13 dramatic photos that capture the beauty of marine sanctuaries

By Popular Science Team

Roboticists at the Tallinn University of Technology have developed a new class of bio-inspired feet that significantly enhance robot mobility on challenging terrains like mud and wet snow.

Dog robots can trek through mud using moose-inspired hooves

Baby spider monkey in a pink onesie

Endangered Species

Endangered baby monkey found clinging to driver of speeding Rolls Royce

a dark brown moray eel

New ‘Hades’ moray eel discovered by accident

By Laura Baisas

two foxes walking

15 marvelous Nature Photographer of the Year 2024 images

By Popular Science Team

An adult female chimpanzee cracks an oil palm nut with a stone hammer and anvil while her infant son looks at the camera.

Some chimpanzees are great nutcrackers

By Laura Baisas