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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

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

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

a chunky salanader with a lot of teeth opens its mouth wide as a fish swims inside

Earth’s first fully-marine amphibian stalked the seafloor with a chunky, bony body

By Laura Baisas

California sea lion pup (Zalophus californianus) plays with a feather underwater. For a young sea lion, playfulness is a life strategy. They do not have the strength or stamina of adults and are unable to follow them on deep dives or multi-day hunting expeditions. Staying close to the colony, the pups trains the skills they will need through play. It looks joyful, but there is a deeper purpose to this young sea lions pursuit of a feather. Mexico’s sea lions are under threat by entanglement in fishing gear and the effects of climate change. This rookery is the only one in Baja Sur which has a growing population. It is more important than ever that young sea lions in Mexico grow to a healthy adult state. Location: Espiritu Santo Island National Park and Unesco World Heritage Site, Baja California Sur, Mexico

12 striking images from European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026

By Popular Science Team

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

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What it would have been like to experience the dinosaur‑killing asteroid armageddon

By Michael J. Benton, Monica Grady / The Conversation

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

two humpback whales

More evidence emerges that Arabian Sea humpback whales could be their own subspecies

By Margherita Bassi

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

The poachers who could save Mexico’s vaquita

By Daniel Shailer / Hakai Magazine

a black and white photograph of swimmer gertrude ederle. she is standing on a beach in a one piece swimsuit holding an oar.

Fitness & Exercise

Gertrude Ederle and the grueling science of marathon swimming

By Laura Baisas

iridescent blue centipede-like creature.

Hello, bristle worm

By Sandy Ong / Knowable Magazine

Possum eating on a doorstep

11 jaw-dropping photos of marsupials, mushrooms, and more

By Popular Science Team

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

Although fin whales are the second-largest animals on Earth—stretching up to 27 meters long—they are sometimes misidentified as smaller minke whales.

The coming collision between whales and tankers on British Columbia’s coast

By Laura Trethewey / Hakai Magazine

Manila clam shells on beach sand

Invasive (but delicious) clams discovered in Cape Cod

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Painting of a woman in white with a demon sitting on her chest and a ghostly horse to the left.

The creepy science behind sleep paralysis ‘demons’

By RJ Mackenzie

Close up photo of trapdoor spider named after Stephen Colber

Spider named after Stephen Colbert has twice as many chromosomes as you

a touchscreen fabric

Touchscreen shirt shows photos, plays videos, and answers calls

By Mack DeGeurin

Dog paw imprint on piece of Bronze Age mudbrick wall

Dog’s paw print found in a 3,700-year-old brick