Newfound fossils from a site in southwestern China, preserved in exquisite detail, offer a peek at a time in Earth’s distant ...

Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants ...

By COREY WILLIAMS Before zombies shambled about, ghoulishly feasting on the flesh of those too slow to flee, aliens from outer space ruled movie theaters, drive-ins and late Saturday night creature ...

The golden poison dart frog may be tiny, but it has earned a formidable reputation in the animal kingdom. Native to a small ...

TOI-4616 b is an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting an M-dwarf that offers a strong benchmark for studying atmospheric loss and ...

Discover 25 bizarre creatures you never knew roamed the Earth! From ancient sea monsters to modern deep-sea oddities, explore ...

Lush, green and filled with forests, Mawsynram, in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, is a paradise. Nestled away far from the well-trodden path, it's a place that intrepid travellers and ...

The vast majority of our planet remains a complete mystery, hidden beneath miles of crushing water where sunlight never penetrates. In this eternal darkness, evolution has taken a path so bizarre that ...

A humble mollusk can live to 507. The oldest Greenland sharks navigate deep, dark Arctic waters for longer than America has existed. And the wrinkly, cancer-resistant naked mole rat can live well into ...

You kind of knew that Steven Spielberg believes in aliens. But did you know know? In your heart of hearts? The man behind E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and War of the Worlds is leaving no ...

A new method to recognise the chemical properties of living things could help us detect alien life even if it functions differently from life on Earth. When searching for alien life, scientists ...