Wildlife (Page 7)

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

Latest in Wildlife

a scientist holds a large, reddish-purple sea star with 24 legs
Endangered Species

Meet the 24-armed sea star, a kelp forest’s bodyguard

By Laura Baisas

Marsh Rabbit, Sylvilagus floridanus. Dark brown, small-footed rabbit found in wetlands from SE Virginia to Florida. Green Cay Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida.
Wildlife

Robot bunnies deployed in Florida to fight invasive pythons

By Margherita Bassi

woman holding shark upside down next to a boat
Sharks

How to operate on a shark in 10 minutes or less

By Margherita Bassi

birds everywhere near the road
Birds

Riding a bike through the world’s largest albatross colony

By Margherita Bassi

a whale's tail as it goes into the water
Whales

Decoding the fingerprint of a humpback whale

By Avery Schluyer Nunn

several fireflies blinking at once in a forest
Wildlife

Why fireflies are everywhere this summer

By Laura Baisas

a beaver swimming in water. its eyes, nose, ears, and back are exposed
Wildlife

Beavers put to work saving two Utah rivers

By Margherita Bassi

a penguin looks directly at the camera. it has black and white feathers with some red around the eyes
Birds

The clever way Magellanic penguins ride—and adjust to—ocean currents

By Laura Baisas

a person holds a turtle with piercing eyes
Endangered Species

World’s largest known turtle nesting site found in the Amazon

By Laura Baisas

a larger shark and smaller one photographed from below near the surface
Sharks

17 fascinating images from the 2025 Shark Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

A harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) on the beach during the summer premoult stage.
Wildlife

When wily sea lions and determined wildlife officials sparred in Seattle

By Alix Morris

The acoustic parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea and its host cricket.
Wildlife

This parasitic fly gives birth inside of crickets

By Laura Baisas

several small fish with colorful organa and blue scales
Fish

Orange male guppies are hornier

By Laura Baisas

plastic coyotes on robots
Wildlife

US Army deploys plastic coyotes attached to mini four-wheelers

By Mack DeGeurin

a team of greenland sled dog puppies with white fur pulls a sled
Wildlife

Oldest known dog breed reveals hidden human history

By Lauren Leffer

a yellow crab on a beach
Endangered Species

Australia’s ghost crabs decapitate baby sea turtles

By Laura Baisas

Images of prehistoric multitool made from cave lion bone
Wildlife

Neanderthals made a ‘Swiss Army knife’ from cave lion bone

By Andrew Paul

A pseudoscorpion from the genus Nipponogarypus in South Korea.
Wildlife

New pseudoscorpions with dragon-like jaws discovered in a South Korea cave

By Laura Baisas

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