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Science / Wildlife

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Wicked Bugs (and Spiders and Worms and Other Creepy Crawlies)

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Bonobos Tell Each Other Where to Find the Yummy Foods

Spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) hangs by tail with mouth open.

Wild Things: Spider Monkeys, Fire Ants, Hagfish and More…

Dinosaur “thunder thighs” and fast-flying moths

Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell deciphers the ultrasonic chatter, shown here plotted on a spectrograph, of a deer mouse.

The Mystery of the Singing Mice

A scientist has discovered that high-pitched sounds made by the small rodents could actually be melodious songs

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The Gold and Silver Beetles of Costa Rica

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What Price Do We Put on an Endangered Bird?

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Billionaire Branson to Release Lemurs on Caribbean Island

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Humpback Whale Songs Spread From West to East

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Fourteen Fun Facts About Golden Lion Tamarins

Splendid Fairy-wren (Malurus splendens splendens) calling.

Wild Things: Mongooses, Bladderworts and More…

Fairy-wrens, wasps, and a nearly 3,000 year old big toe

North and South Korea are collaborating to save one of the world's most endangered bird species, red-crowned cranes.

The DMZ’s Thriving Resident: The Crane

Rare cranes have flourished in the world’s unlikeliest sanctuary, the heavily mined demilitarized zone between North and South Korea

South Florida has a problem with giant pythons as demonstrated here by a ranger holding a Burmese python in the Everglades.

Attack of the Giant Pythons

The Smithsonian’s noted bird sleuth, Carla Dove, eyes smelly globs to identify victims in Florida

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Humans Pass on Deadly Infections to Endangered Mountain Gorillas

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What Do You Call a Flock of Birds?

Upon discovering Mr. Saddlebags, Aharoni gave them the name, oger. We know them, in English, as the Syrian hamster or, because it is now the most common hamster in the world, simply the hamster.

The Untold Story of the Hamster, a.k.a Mr. Saddlebags

The hamster may be ubiquitous now, but it was a pioneering scientist who brought the rodent into labs and homes across the world

Using motion-activated camera-traps, Smithsonian WILD captured unsuspecting animals, such as this snow leopard in China, from all over the world.

The Secret Lives of Animals Caught on Camera

Photographs shot by camera traps set around the world are capturing wildlife behavior never before seen by humans

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Migrating Moths Can Travel As Fast As Songbirds

Birds beat moths in short sprints, but long distance is a different story

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Amazing Bird Photo Shows a Mother’s Love

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A Birds vs. Cats Blog Showdown

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When is the Right Time to Mate?

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