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The wild denizens that share our planet, including videos, photo essays, and news on recently discovered—or increasingly rare—species.

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Hawaii’s prolonged drought is pushing native species to the brink
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Hawaii’s prolonged drought is pushing native species to the brink

By Miyo McGinn

sick deer
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It’s not clear how much of a threat the ‘zombie deer’ disease is to humans

By Andrew McKean/Outdoor Life

Up close image of mosquito.
Animals

New four-dose malaria vaccine is up to 80 percent effective

By Laura Baisas

A cooked lobster claw.
Animals

Eating sustainably may mean skipping the lobster for now

By Laura Baisas

A bluefin tuna swimming in the open ocean.
Animals

Where food is scarce, ocean predators find snacks in swirling eddies

By Laura Baisas

In a rare, fatal shark attack, tourist killed in the Bahamas
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In a rare, fatal shark attack, tourist killed in the Bahamas

By Laura Baisas

Why sea lampreys are going to be a bigger problem for the Great Lakes
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Why sea lampreys are going to be a bigger problem for the Great Lakes

By Rebecca Redelmeier / Undark

Seal-spooking tech could help protect endangered salmon
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Seal-spooking tech could help protect endangered salmon

By Marina Wang / Hakai Magazine

Full-grown bison standing in a prairie full of yellow goldenrod wildflowers
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Bison are bringing biodiversity back to Kansas prairie land

By Miyo McGinn

bird
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Artificial intelligence is helping scientists decode animal languages

By Charlotte Hu

A bucket of crabs, who have a multi-purpose material called chitosan in their shells.
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Sustainable batteries could one day be made from crab shells

By Rahul Rao

A glossy beetle on a wet leaf.
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A pocketful of bacteria helps these beetles through their most dramatic life changes

By Philip Kiefer

Moose calf running from grizzly bear in shallow water
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A wedding videographer filmed a bear preying on a moose—during the groom’s vows

By Dac Collins / Outdoor Life

Blue-throated macaws are making a slow, but hopeful, comeback
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Blue-throated macaws are making a slow, but hopeful, comeback

By Laura Baisas

Male dolphins form alliances to help each other pick up mates
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Male dolphins form alliances to help each other pick up mates

By Laura Baisas

Coast of Lake Superior
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The untouched ‘wilderness’ of the Great Lakes is an illusion

By Dave Dempsey

European red fox crouched on concrete and looking directly into the camera
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Can invasive species ever be ‘good’?

By Miyo McGinn

Birders watch rare bird
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Lost bird sightings can draw hundreds of thousands of tourist dollars

By Marina Wang / Hakai Magazine

Gila monster lizard and real-life dragon hissing in the desert
Animals

Could dragons be real? Not in the way we think.

By Purbita Saha

After 75 years, an extremely rare sea turtle returns to Louisiana
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After 75 years, an extremely rare sea turtle returns to Louisiana

By Kris Millgate/Field & Stream

Six young bees curled inside a honeycomb
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Bees make more friends when they’re full of healthy gut bacteria

By Philip Kiefer

Tropical Fish on a coral reef and Doublebar bream.
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For marine life to survive, we must cut carbon emissions

By Laura Baisas

A mysterious virus is killing dogs in Michigan
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A mysterious virus is killing dogs in Michigan

By Laura Baisas

Parasitic fungi bursting from a fly's back in macro
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These thoughtful nature images were captured by scientists in action

By Popular Science Team

Why it’s so hard to swat flies, according to science
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Why it’s so hard to swat flies, according to science

By Jamie Theobald and Ravindra Palavalli-Nettimi / The Conversation

Orange male betta fish surrounded by eggs in a greenery-filled aquarium
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Captive fish have feelings we’re just beginning to understand

By Brandon Keim

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

By Laura Baisas

Snapping turtle brutally takes down a water snake on camera
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Snapping turtle brutally takes down a water snake on camera

By Steven Hill/Field & Stream

Juicy peach with slit to represent vabbing on an orange background
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Does ‘vabbing’ work? The truth about vaginal pheromones.

By Lyric Aquino

High-tech buoys with underwater microphones could save sperm whales from ship collisions
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High-tech buoys with underwater microphones could save sperm whales from ship collisions

By Claudia Geib / Hakai Magazine

A genetics startup wants to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction
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A genetics startup wants to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction

By Laura Baisas

a semi-translucent fish with a tadpole-shaped body and small flecks of red and yellow
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Biofluorescent snailfish brave Arctic waters with built-in antifreeze

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

YouTube screenshot of snake using DIY invention to walk with robot legs
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Watch a snake wearing robot trousers strut like a lizard

By Andrew Paul

From lions to waterfalls, here are some of the year’s best nature photos
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From lions to waterfalls, here are some of the year’s best nature photos

By Marissa Wu / Popular Photography

Baby hippo Fritz with mother at Cincinnati Zoo.
Animals

Cincinnati Zoo welcomes surprise baby hippo after mother’s birth control ‘fritzes’

By Laura Baisas

American beaver swimming with head out of water
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Wolves and beavers can have magical ecosystem effects—if they have space to thrive

By Miyo McGinn

Kids with long frizzy brown hair birdwatching with binoculars from a duck blind
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How to become a citizen scientist—and when to leave it to the professionals

By Bridget Reed Morawski

a black and white ghostly image of a jumping spider hanging by a thin silk strand in a sleep-like state
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Jumping spiders might be able to sleep—perchance to dream

By Lauren J. Young

These critically endangered albatrosses are being plagued by mice
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These critically endangered albatrosses are being plagued by mice

By Ryan Truscott / Hakai Magazine

A sauropod like Galeamopus would have walked on soft pads.
Animals

Cushy feet supported sauropods’ gigantic bodies

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Shrew on the forest floor.
Animals

Newly discovered Langya virus may have jumped from shrews to humans

By Laura Baisas

Image of Bathynomus yucatanensis.
Animals

This giant isopod lives in the crater of a dinosaur-killing asteroid

By Laura Baisas

A rare and multicolored sea slug has been recorded in UK waters for the first time.
Animals

This dashing tropical sea slug just showed up in the UK

By Sara Kiley Watson

A brown dog which is in the middle of some dark tiles inserted in a wooden box.
Animals

Best dog crates

By Stacey L. Nash

a vibrant orange and black monarch butterfly perched on a purple flower
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The monarch butterfly is scientifically endangered. So why isn’t it legally protected yet?

By Lauren J. Young

Scientists are reconstructing what ancient whales saw to look into the past
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Scientists are reconstructing what ancient whales saw to look into the past

By Jason P. Dinh / Hakai Magazine

Rio Grande silvery minnow endangered fish on black background
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An endangered fish’s story follows the vanishing waters of the Rio Grande

By Miyo McGinn

a white lab rat held in a gloved hand
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These sterile mice have been modified to make rat sperm

By Miyo McGinn

Why the Forest Service has a manual for blowing up horse carcasses
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Why the Forest Service has a manual for blowing up horse carcasses

By David Roza/Task & Purpose

Iberian lynx licking its lips in captive breeding program
Animals

The curious case of an endangered wildcat and a disappearing fruit tree

By April Reese

A long, black insect with butt-pincers and long antennae.
Animals

Do earwigs really live in our ears?

By Philip Kiefer

Small European panda from 6 million years ago in a painting
Animals

Pandas weren’t always bamboo fiends

By Jocelyn Solis-Moreira

Farmers and scientists unite to save the home of an endangered salamander
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Farmers and scientists unite to save the home of an endangered salamander

By Lourdes Medrano/Undark

Sable Island’s famous wild horses are at the heart of a conservation controversy
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Sable Island’s famous wild horses are at the heart of a conservation controversy

By Moira Donovan / Hakai Magazine

Great white shark breaching while trying to bite a seal
Animals

Great white shark sightings are up in the US, which is kind of good news

By Miyo McGinn

a close up of a fossil horse tooth
Animals

A centuries-old horse tooth holds clues to the mystery of the Chincoteague ponies

By Kate Baggaley

Bees feel pain
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If insects feel pain, should we reconsider how we experiment on them?

By Katarina Zimmer / Undark

Alaska chum salmon
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Alaska’s salmon are in chaos

By Victoria Petersen / High Country News

This small crocodile’s giant ancestors likely preyed on early humans
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This small crocodile’s giant ancestors likely preyed on early humans

By Steven Hill/Field & Stream

A beginner’s guide to iPhone bird photography
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A beginner’s guide to iPhone bird photography

By Marissa Wu / Popular Photography

Baby orca next to adult in the Salish Sea near Washington
Animals

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

By Miyo McGinn

Fish poop could help coral reefs.
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Fish poop might help fight coral reef bleaching

By Derek Smith / Hakai Magazine

red panda sleeping on branch
Animals

We don’t have a full picture of the planet’s shrinking biodiversity. Here’s why.

By Sara Kiley Watson

A crow and a vulture with a bright red head stand facing one another on a leaf-covered forest floor.
Animals

The wackiest-looking birds are the most at risk for extinction

By Philip Kiefer

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