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13 riveting images from the 2025 Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

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Plastic garbage in the sea is a life raft for pathogens

By Michael Allen / Hakai Magazine

Is swimming in ice water good for you?

Fitness & Exercise

Is swimming in ice water good for you?

By Laura Baisas

Baby orca next to adult in the Salish Sea near Washington

A baby orca sparks a glimmer of hope for an endangered group of whales

autonomous Mayflower cruising at sea

A modern AI-powered Mayflower just crossed the Atlantic

By Charlotte Hu

a close-up of an octopus eye

Why counting octopus ‘rings’ is crucial

By Laura Baisas

the moment a jaguar delivers a fatal bite to the head of a caiman in a muddy river.

11 unforgettable scenes from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

Offshore wind farm with sunset and person on paddleboard.

Minimizing offshore wind’s impact on nature is tricky, but not impossible

By Anuradha Varanasi

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Why ocean researchers want to create a global library of undersea sounds

By Charlotte Hu

A yellow salamander with a brown stripe on its back sits on a green leaf.

Endangered Species

Why small, scary, and ‘non-charismatic’ lost species are harder to rediscover

By Laura Baisas

Reconstruction of Hupehsuchus about to engulf a shoal of shrimp. The ancient lizard widely opens its skinny snout and large mouth to swallow a large ball of shrimp.

The planet’s first filter feeder could be this extinct marine reptile

By Laura Baisas

A photo of a humpback whale and her calf.

Boat noise is driving humpback whale moms into deep, dangerous water

By Marina Wang / Hakai Magazine

A tidal stream energy generator called the O2, made by Orbital Marine Power Ltd, extracts energy from the tides off the coast of Scotland and feeds it into the electric grid.

Testing the waters: Scotland surges ahead on ocean Power

By Dan Falk / Undark

A side view of a great white shark. Regional endothermy in fish has been seen in apex predators like the great white sharks or giant tuna.

Megalodon’s warm-blooded relatives are still circling the oceans today

By Laura Baisas

A sea otter resting in a kelp bed in Monterey Bay, California.

Sea otters can help conserve vital kelp forests

By Laura Baisas

Oysters can’t sleep—and your lights might be the cause

Oysters can’t sleep—and your lights might be the cause

By Hannah Seo/Hakai Magazine

A banded sea snake swimming freely

Some sea snakes may not be colorblind after all

By Laura Baisas

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How to use candles and incense sustainably

Wildlife officials are taking radical steps to save Florida’s starving manatees

Wildlife officials are taking radical steps to save Florida’s starving manatees

An artist's rendition of the Perucetus colossus.

This giant sea cow-like whale may have been the heaviest creature to ever live on Earth

By Sara Kiley Watson

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Big boy Chunk returns ahead of Fat Bear Week 2026

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Particle Physics

68% of physicists don’t think the time started at the big bang

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World War II shell detonated on British Coast

By Margherita Bassi