Animals
The wild denizens that share our planet, including videos, photo essays, and news on recently discovered—or increasingly rare—species.
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![Colorful eyes of different animals; illustration](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/16/animals-vision.jpeg?w=800)
How do animals see the world?
![A lineup of the best cat trees split vertically into fourths](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/07/cat-trees-header.jpg?w=692)
Animals
The best cat trees of 2024
![Dog DNA test header](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/08/377A7431.jpg?w=675)
Animals
The best dog DNA tests of 2024
![The best dog beds of 2024](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/08/best-dog-beds.jpg?w=719)
Animals
The best dog beds of 2024
![A white rat pops its head out of a black box. Like in humans, the rat’s hippocampus is the part of the brain where mental maps of the world are stored.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/02/rats-imagination.png?w=800)
Animals
Rats may have imaginations
![A long torpedo-shaped fish swims among green plants. Knifefish like the black ghost knifefish are known for their shimmying motions and electrical pulses. and live in freshwater lakes and rivers in Central and South America.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/26/electric-knifefish-shimmy.png?w=800)
Animals
Why electric knifefish ‘shimmy’
![A fuzzy yellow and black bumblebee foraging on a green plant.](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/23/bumblebee-nectar-foraging.png?w=800)
Animals
Bumblebees carbo-load on the fly
![rendering of coop structure in grass](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/19/Backyard-Rendering.png?w=798)
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