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a close up of a brown-colored frog called Haddadus binotatus

Humans can’t hear these frogs screaming

By Laura Baisas

three sperm whales swimming near the surface of the ocean

Sperm whales may have their own ‘alphabet’

By Laura Baisas

tail of a humpback whale in the ocean sticking out of the waves

Why scientists are tracking whale tails with AI

By Mack DeGeurin

The truth behind animal resistance memes

The truth behind animal resistance memes

By Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond / The Conversation

Dolphins that learn to approach people for an easy meal will often hang around fishing boats.

Stop feeding the dolphins—seriously

By Emily Harwitz / Hakai Magazine

An orca whale hunts a great white shark. Blood is seen near the orca's mouth.

Orca observed hunting and killing a great white shark by itself for the first time

By Laura Baisas

Bowhead whale family swimming together in calm blue ocean water, Mother cares calf. Aerial view pod of bowhead whale spouting hug play. Whale watching of migrate Baleen whales South Africa. Shark

The Cold War’s accidental whale observatory

By David Rothenberg / MIT Press Reader

a close up of the antlers of an irish elk

Ireland was once home to deer with massive 12-foot antlers

By Laura Baisas

Sleeping elephant seals on a California beach

Seals snooze during 20-minute ‘sleeping dives’ to avoid predators

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Sunset over pacific ocean

The Pacific heat blob’s aftereffects are still warping ocean ecosystems

By Ethan Freedman/Hakai Magazine

‘Jaws’ portrayed sharks as monsters 50 years ago, but it also inspired a generation of shark scientists

‘Jaws’ portrayed sharks as monsters 50 years ago, but it also inspired a generation of shark scientists

By Gavin Naylor/The Conversation

Common bottlenose dolphins swimming in Coffee Bay in South Africa.

Drones are following dolphins to spy on their complex social lives

By Laura Baisas

T. rex model, T. rex skull, and Triceratops skull at dinosaur display in the Museum of Natural History in Vienna

4 reasons dinosaurs never really ruled the Earth

Critically endangered right whales are losing the battle against fishing boats

Critically endangered right whales are losing the battle against fishing boats

By Darren Incorvaia/Undark

An orca whale swims around an ice flow with a crabeater seal and penguin on the ice.

New series offers an intimate look into how climate change impacts the lives of wildlife

By Laura Baisas

The science of Dune’s magnificent, merciless sandworms

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The science of Dune’s magnificent, merciless sandworms

By Robin Andrews

An image of the northern Gulf of Mexico created from remote-sensing reflectance and chlorophyll measurements taken from newly reprocessed VIIRS data. Green water is seen closer to the coast, while it gets darker and more blue further out.

Scientists say the ocean is changing color—and it’s probably our fault

By Laura Baisas

When wolves hunt otters on this Alaskan island, deer suffer

When wolves hunt otters on this Alaskan island, deer suffer

By Marina Wang / Hakai Magazine

Multicolored soldierfish swimming past a reef

Fish populations thrive near marine protected areas—and so do fishers

By Laura Baisas

An adult male and adult female California sea lion sit on a beach surrounded by pups.

Male California sea lions have gotten bigger and better at fighting

By Laura Baisas

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A white stylized head with crumpled paper overflowing from the top is captured with a motion blur effect against a blue background. This conceptual art represents a scattered mind, information overload, and the chaotic nature of overthinking.

Talking about trauma doesn’t always help. Brain scans show one reason why.

By James Agathos, Andrea Putica, Trevor Steward / The Conversation

Illustration of T. rex dinosaur with bloody mouth at the end of a lake with mountains in the background.

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What did T. rex’s breath smell like?

By RJ Mackenzie

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a small wild cat playing with a ball of catnip

Even wild desert cats love catnip

By Margherita Bassi