nature

October 9, 2021

An image of barbed wire with mountains in the background.

Science

Flatworms Are Metal

Ed Yong

October 8, 2021

A planarian flatworm splits in three, and each piece regenerates into a new worm.

Science

These Sea Slugs Break a Cardinal Rule of Animal Life

Katherine J. Wu

September 28, 2021

Science

Iceland’s Orcas Will Do Anything to Avoid a Pilot Whale

Hakai Magazine and Marina Wang

September 26, 2021

Culture

An Ode to Squirrels

James Parker

October 2021 Issue

Drawing on bright-green background of top of person's head with acorn bouncing off

Family

Every Dog Is a Rescue Dog

John Dickerson

September 9, 2021

Science

Hummingbirds Have an Easy Way to Fool Harassers

Katherine J. Wu

August 26, 2021

A female white-necked jacobin with a blue head

Science

I Spent 5 Months Trying to Coax a Cat From My Ceiling

Bethany Brookshire

August 19, 2021

A cat's head pops through a hole in the ceiling

Science

The Best Kind of Aging Brain

Katherine J. Wu

August 17, 2021

Science

Near-Death Experiences Can Scar Animals for Life

Sharon Levy and Knowable Magazine

August 14, 2021

A cougar chasing a snowshoe rabbit through the snow

Science

One of the Ocean’s Biggest Threats Is Still Mostly a Mystery

María Paula Rubiano and Hakai Magazine

August 7, 2021

Family

Which Pet Will Make You Happiest?

Arthur C. Brooks

August 5, 2021

Science

You’ve Never Seen Legs Like These

Katherine J. Wu

August 3, 2021

Material World

Why So Many Millennials Are Obsessed With Dogs

Amanda Mull

September 2021 Issue

photo of yellow frisbee with 2 heart-shaped ground-beef patties as eyes and arc of dog collar as smile

Science

One More Thing We Have in Common With Cats

Katherine J. Wu

July 28, 2021

a calico cat peeking out of the bottom of a photo

Science

Do Not Read This at Lunch

Katherine J. Wu

July 27, 2021

a mosquito drinking blood from a very hairy arm

Science

The Turtle Poachers Say They Have No Choice

Alexander Villegas and Hakai Magazine

July 25, 2021

Science

The Trash Parrots of Australia Are Very Annoying but Very Clever

Sarah Zhang

July 22, 2021

Culture

What Cat People Can Teach Us

Sarah Archer

July 21, 2021

A cat person holding his black cat in front of a ring light

Science

Are Wind Turbines a Danger to Wildlife? Ask the Dogs.

Sarah Zhang

July 21, 2021

Science

Why Do Mammals Kill Each Other?

Katherine J. Wu

July 20, 2021

brown bears fighting in a lake in Russia

Science

The Mystery at the Base of One of Biology’s Strangest Relationships

Katherine J. Wu

July 14, 2021

Science

Lizards Took ‘This Is Fine’ Way Too Literally

Katherine J. Wu

July 13, 2021

the Psammodromus algirus lizard, or the Algerian sand racer

Science

Cape Cod’s Waters Are Getting Very, Very Sharky

Sarah Sax and Undark

July 10, 2021

Science

The Story of Songbirds Is a Story of Sugar

Ed Yong

July 8, 2021

A white-cheeked honeyeater feeding on pink Grevillea flowers

Science

Maine Has a Dangerous, Small, and Very Itchy Problem

Kendra Pierre-Louis

July 7, 2021

A bunch of fuzzy browntail moth caterpillars with distinctive orange spots

Science

The Last Thing Albatrosses Needed Was a New Predator

Jake Buehler and Hakai Magazine

July 3, 2021

Science

No One Imagined Giant Lizard Nests Would Be This Weird

Ed Yong

June 25, 2021

A yellow-spotted goanna with its tongue sticking out

Science

Blue Animals Are Different From All the Rest

Viviane Callier and Quanta Magazine

June 20, 2021

A bright-green blue-winged leafbird of Southeast Asia rests on a branch.

Science

Drivers Never Learn the One Lesson of Cicada Season

Marina Koren

June 16, 2021

An illustration of a cicada on a stop sign

Science

A Hint About How Life Made It Onto Land

Katherine J. Wu

June 15, 2021

Mangrove rivulus (Kryptolebias marmoratus) jumping

Science

Two Arctic Fish Are Breaking the Rules of Genetics

Quanta Magazine and Christie Wilcox

June 12, 2021

Science

One More Reason to Admire Elephant Trunks

Katherine J. Wu

June 1, 2021

several elephant trunks reaching into the same bucket

Health

Nature Isn’t Really Healing

Brian Owens and Hakai Magazine

May 30, 2021

Health

All the Sad, Lonely Pandemic Puppies

Sarah Zhang

May 27, 2021

Illustration of dog with a coronavirus-shaped dog tag

Science

An Unorthodox Strategy to Stop Cars From Hitting Deer

Ed Yong

May 24, 2021

Sections

The Print Edition

The American West Has Way Too Many Fences

Flatworms Are Metal

These Sea Slugs Break a Cardinal Rule of Animal Life

Iceland’s Orcas Will Do Anything to Avoid a Pilot Whale

An Ode to Squirrels

Every Dog Is a Rescue Dog

Hummingbirds Have an Easy Way to Fool Harassers

I Spent 5 Months Trying to Coax a Cat From My Ceiling

The Best Kind of Aging Brain

Near-Death Experiences Can Scar Animals for Life

One of the Ocean’s Biggest Threats Is Still Mostly a Mystery

Which Pet Will Make You Happiest?

You’ve Never Seen Legs Like These

Why So Many Millennials Are Obsessed With Dogs

One More Thing We Have in Common With Cats

Do Not Read This at Lunch

The Turtle Poachers Say They Have No Choice

The Trash Parrots of Australia Are Very Annoying but Very Clever

What Cat People Can Teach Us

Are Wind Turbines a Danger to Wildlife? Ask the Dogs.

Why Do Mammals Kill Each Other?

The Mystery at the Base of One of Biology’s Strangest Relationships

Lizards Took ‘This Is Fine’ Way Too Literally

Cape Cod’s Waters Are Getting Very, Very Sharky

The Story of Songbirds Is a Story of Sugar

Maine Has a Dangerous, Small, and Very Itchy Problem

The Last Thing Albatrosses Needed Was a New Predator

No One Imagined Giant Lizard Nests Would Be This Weird

Blue Animals Are Different From All the Rest

Drivers Never Learn the One Lesson of Cicada Season

A Hint About How Life Made It Onto Land

Two Arctic Fish Are Breaking the Rules of Genetics

One More Reason to Admire Elephant Trunks

Nature Isn’t Really Healing

All the Sad, Lonely Pandemic Puppies

An Unorthodox Strategy to Stop Cars From Hitting Deer