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A cooked lobster claw.

Eating sustainably may mean skipping the lobster for now

By Laura Baisas

3D models show the megalodon was faster, fiercer than we ever thought

By Laura Baisas

Tortoise in the veterinary examination room.

Calling in the animal drug detectives

By Sherry Cox / The Conversation

a litter of naked mole rats

4 wild ways animals breed

By Laura Baisas

Plastic floating in the sea

Plastic garbage in the sea is a life raft for pathogens

By Michael Allen / Hakai Magazine

A mother humpback whale and her calf swimming in warm waters.

Whale pee moves vital nutrients thousands of miles

By Laura Baisas

A skateboarder at 'Skate City', the newly-opened skateboarding park in Tooley Street, London, August 1977. (Photo by UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Why archaeologists are studying a skate park

By Popular Science Team

a baby pygmy hippo stands on straw at a zoo

11 weird, groundbreaking, and cute animal stories from 2024

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

Is swimming in ice water good for you?

Fitness & Exercise

Is swimming in ice water good for you?

By Laura Baisas

autonomous Mayflower cruising at sea

A modern AI-powered Mayflower just crossed the Atlantic

By Charlotte Hu

Offshore wind farm with sunset and person on paddleboard.

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

By Anuradha Varanasi

diver take a photo video upon colorful coral kapoposang indonesia scuba diving

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

By Charlotte Hu

Composite image showing different snakes. A large green snake in the middle and two smaller snakes on the left and right.

Evolution of snakes: Scientists unravel the mysssteries

By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine

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 close-up of an octopus eye

Why counting octopus ‘rings’ is crucial

By Laura Baisas

a big cat with flamingo in its mouth dead

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

By Popular Science Team

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

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

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

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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.

Ask Us Anything

What did T. rex’s breath smell like?

By RJ Mackenzie

Bowers & Wilkins 801 D5 in Dark Walnut in a luxury living room

15 standout products from High-End Vienna, the yearly showcase of glorious audiophile indulgence

a small wild cat playing with a ball of catnip

Even wild desert cats love catnip

By Margherita Bassi