From giant stick bugs to rarely seen sea creatures, these animal videos fascinated us—and led to new scientific discoveries.

As the internet becomes increasingly saturated with content, a new trend has emerged that is as captivating as it is concerning. Hyperrealistic AI-generated animal videos are proliferating online, ...

Researchers warn that they can distort our connection to wildlife. By Margherita Bassi Published Nov 8, 2025 10:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

A video is circulating on social media in which a leopard enters the backyard of a house where a child is playing, and a cat confronts the leopard and scares it away, protecting the child. The video ...

It’s the AI-nimal Kingdom. The internet is becoming inundated with AI-generated wildlife clips, from bizarre interspecies playdates to animal trampoline sessions. While they might be adorable, these ...

That adorable clip of bunnies bouncing on a trampoline or a brave house cat chasing off a leopard might look real, but chances are it’s not. A growing wave of AI-generated animal videos is flooding ...

Yes, these are all AI-generated images. Credit: Mashable composite / AI images / Screenshots: TikTok / @woang.lin / @rachelthecatlovers /@woang.lin If the internet ...

A recent study analyzed wildlife product listings from 148 online marketplaces over a three-month period and identified more than 500 products from 83 threatened wildlife species, some of which were ...