  We review several current aspects of dark matter theory and experiment. We
overview the present experimental status, which includes current bounds and
recent claims and hints of a possible signal in a wide range of experiments:
direct detection in underground laboratories, gamma-ray, cosmic ray, X-ray,
neutrino telescopes, and the LHC. We briefly review several possible particle
candidates for a Weakly Interactive Massive Particle (WIMP) and dark matter
that have recently been considered in the literature. We pay particular
attention to the lightest neutralino of supersymmetry as it remains the best
motivated candidate for dark matter and also shows excellent detection
prospects. Finally we briefly review some alternative scenarios that can
considerably alter properties and prospects for the detection of dark matter
obtained within the standard thermal WIMP paradigm.
