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July 20, 2022

An opossum looks directly at the camera.

Books

Do Animals Dream?

Camille Bromley

July 18, 2022

Black-and-white photo of two gorillas sleeping

Science

An Army of Turtles Is Doing Cyclone Reconnaissance

Kate Golden

July 16, 2022

Science

How to Successfully Smash Your Face Against a Tree

Ed Yong

July 14, 2022

Science

Do Gophers … Farm?

Katherine J. Wu

July 11, 2022

a gopher stylized to resemble the American Gothic painting

Science

Admit It, Squirrels Are Just Tree Rats

Jacob Stern

July 8, 2022

An image of a squirrel on the left, and a rat on the right. They look very similar.

Science

Why These Frogs Make ‘the Grossest Blunder in Sexual Preference’

Katherine J. Wu

July 7, 2022

A male Mexican spadefoot toad and a female plains spadefoot toad

Health

The Great Veterinary Shortage

Sarah Zhang

July 6, 2022

Photo of a sad-eyed dog with a cone around its neck

Poem

Ars Poetica With Mother and Dogs

Rio Cortez

July 3, 2022

A pug sits on a wooden chair against a brown curtain, next to a vase of flowers on a side table.

Science

As if Mosquitoes Weren’t Evil Enough

Penghua Wang

July 3, 2022

Science

Twice a Year, Reindeer Eyes Pull Off a Wonderful Magic Trick

Katherine J. Wu

June 28, 2022

Health

Squirrels Could Make Monkeypox a Forever Problem

Katherine J. Wu

June 21, 2022

Science

Will These Be the Last Polar Bears on Earth?

Ed Yong

June 16, 2022

A polar bear stands on a snow-covered iceberg that is surrounded by fast ice, or sea ice connected to the shore, in Southeast Greenland in March 2016.

Science

A Frog So Small, It Could Not Frog

Katherine J. Wu

June 15, 2022

Brachycephalus mirissimus, a miniaturized frog from the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil.

Science

How Animals Perceive the World

Ed Yong

July/August 2022 Issue

black and white photograph of an eight-inch-tall eastern screech owl

Science

If Your Car Hits a Deer You Might as Well Eat It

Ben Goldfarb

June 11, 2022

A man drags a dear carcass across a road to his car

Science

What Are Ocean Predators Doing So Deep Underwater?

Stephanie Pain

June 5, 2022

Close up of Whale Shark swimming up from the deep blue ocean.

Science

Rats Learned to Hide and Seek. Scientists Learned Way More.

Ed Yong

May 26, 2022

Science

America Did Too Good a Job at Saving Canada Geese

Marion Renault

May 19, 2022

Science

Frogs Keep Mating With the Wrong Things

Katherine J. Wu

May 17, 2022

Science

Man’s Other Best Friend

Amber Dance

May 7, 2022

Science

Humans Can’t Quit a Basic Myth About Dog Breeds

Katherine J. Wu

April 28, 2022

Science

Alert! Polar Bear Incoming

Andrew Chapman

April 23, 2022

A radar scanner with a polar bear pictured inside

Books Briefing

The Inner Lives of Animals

Nicole Acheampong

April 22, 2022

A goat and a cockatiel conversing with each other

Science

What Humans Can Learn From Nature’s Biggest Hibernators

Chris Woolston

April 10, 2022

A hibernating mother bear and her three-month-old cub

Science

What Can One Disease Do to a Landscape?

Ed Yong

April 7, 2022

A puma, vicuñas, and a condor, with blue squiggly lines linking them

Science

Have Americans Been Mercilessly Squashing a Creepy Bug for Nothing?

Abigail Gruskin

April 6, 2022

a spotted lanternfly wings through the blue sky

Science

Naked Mole Rats Have a Very Strange Status Symbol

Katherine J. Wu

April 5, 2022

a naked mole rat moving toward the camera through a small tunnel

Ideas

All Creatures Great and Small

George Packer

April 3, 2022

Science

Who Moved My Seed?

Katherine J. Wu

April 1, 2022

a northern olingo taking seeds off a Zamia pseudoparasitica plant

Science

You Try Constricting Your Prey and Breathing at the Same Time

Katherine J. Wu

March 24, 2022

Science

The Freeloading Boyfriends That Just Won’t Let Go

Katherine J. Wu

March 14, 2022

a male harlequin toad clasping a female toad from behind

Technology

Feeling Herd

Ian Bogost

March 13, 2022

A woman hugging a cow with shining lights.

Science

North America’s Largest Rodent Is on the Move

Kylie Mohr

February 20, 2022

Books

America’s Love-Hate Relationship With the Bald Eagle

Nathaniel Rich

March 2022 Issue

portrait of a bald eagle looking to the right and perched on a branch

Science

Florida’s Bonefish Are Riddled With Human Drugs

Natasha Gilbert

February 6, 2022

Sections

The Print Edition

America’s Most Misunderstood Marsupial

Do Animals Dream?

An Army of Turtles Is Doing Cyclone Reconnaissance

How to Successfully Smash Your Face Against a Tree

Do Gophers … Farm?

Admit It, Squirrels Are Just Tree Rats

Why These Frogs Make ‘the Grossest Blunder in Sexual Preference’

The Great Veterinary Shortage

Ars Poetica With Mother and Dogs

As if Mosquitoes Weren’t Evil Enough

Twice a Year, Reindeer Eyes Pull Off a Wonderful Magic Trick

Squirrels Could Make Monkeypox a Forever Problem

Will These Be the Last Polar Bears on Earth?

A Frog So Small, It Could Not Frog

How Animals Perceive the World

If Your Car Hits a Deer You Might as Well Eat It

What Are Ocean Predators Doing So Deep Underwater?

Rats Learned to Hide and Seek. Scientists Learned Way More.

America Did Too Good a Job at Saving Canada Geese

Frogs Keep Mating With the Wrong Things

Man’s Other Best Friend

Humans Can’t Quit a Basic Myth About Dog Breeds

Alert! Polar Bear Incoming

The Inner Lives of Animals

What Humans Can Learn From Nature’s Biggest Hibernators

What Can One Disease Do to a Landscape?

Have Americans Been Mercilessly Squashing a Creepy Bug for Nothing?

Naked Mole Rats Have a Very Strange Status Symbol

All Creatures Great and Small

Who Moved My Seed?

You Try Constricting Your Prey and Breathing at the Same Time

The Freeloading Boyfriends That Just Won’t Let Go

Feeling Herd

North America’s Largest Rodent Is on the Move

America’s Love-Hate Relationship With the Bald Eagle

Florida’s Bonefish Are Riddled With Human Drugs