Stoats (Mustela erminea) are fierce and opportunist predators. Image: Grayson Smith/UWSFWS Nature. It’s beautiful. It’s awe-inspiring. And it’s really scary. The new book Nature is Metal: It’s A Life-Eats-Life World features full-color photographs and vivid descriptions of the physical features, survival adaptations, and hunting skills innate to 75 of nature’sContinue Reading
Luna seen on the live cam shortly after Sandy unexpectedly left the nest. Image: FOBBV Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our TermsContinue Reading
Just 10 weeks after conception, most fetuses move their right arm more than their left. Image: Bogdan Malizkiy / Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotionalContinue Reading
It’s not just nostalgia that made summer break feel so long. Image: tdub303 / Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree toContinue Reading
Sandy is larger than Luna, as is typical for female bald eagles. Image: Friends of Big Bear Valley Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agreeContinue Reading
“The Fur Flew.” Animal Behaviour | Runner-up. It was an exciting start to my early morning when I was able to witness the agility and effort of a pair of hares boxing. They were so close that I could hear the puffs and pants as they performed in front ofContinue Reading
Workers dig out the snow from underneath an elevated train line after the blizzard of 1888. Image: Bettmann / Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In March 1888, a deadly blizzard clobbered New York City. The snowContinue Reading
“Computers make excellent and efficient servants, but I have no wish to serve under them.” Image: Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. To celebrate Star Trek Day on September 8, the European Space Agency (ESA) released aContinue Reading
“This photo, taken on July 13, 2024, captures one-year-old Bigg’s orca T065B3 – known as ‘Rook’ – near Bird Rocks, WA,” says Ling. “Against the glowing sunset, Rook proudly displays a harbour seal he found while his family patrolled nearby and later helped him capture. At this age, orcas typicallyContinue Reading
Big and Small Underwater Faces — 3rd Place. Trips to the Antarctic Peninsula always yield amazing encounters with leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx). Boldly approaching me and baring his teeth, this individual was keen to point out that this part of Antarctica was his territory. This picture was shot at dusk,Continue Reading
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