11 weird, groundbreaking, and cute animal stories from 2024

a baby pygmy hippo stands on straw at a zoo

Whether a large and fuzzy social media sensation or deep-sea slug slunking around the ocean’s Midnight Zone, there are still so many exciting animals on Earth just waiting for their close-up. In that spirit, here are the 11 of the most exciting animal stories that Popular Science covered this year.

First photo of a newborn great white shark

Wildlife filmmaker Carlos Gauna and University of California, Riverside biology doctoral student Phillip Sternes took footage of what could be the first newborn great white shark ever recorded. CREDIT: Carlos Gauna/The Malibu Artist

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