The death of this ancient species, discovered alongside more newly described mammals, had been greatly exaggerated.

Looking for molecular evidence of life on other worlds is tricky, but a test based on the reactivity of carbon compounds ...

We’ve long assumed the legendary pilot sank to the bottom oft he Pacific. But a forensic experiment points to a much darker possibility.

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Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences, which has produced a trio of modern-day dire wolves and the woolly mouse, seeks to bring back extinct species.

Orchid Mantis. Image by Pavel Kirillov from St.Petersburg, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Orchid ...

I was lucky to capture this close encounter between a male and female European stag beetle (Lucanus cervus). You can clearly see the difference between the male’s large mandibles and the female’s ...

An infographic showing the average declines in abundance of key terrestrial insect groups due to invasive alien species. The extent of declines varies across species and regions. Insects are often ...

Across the many stories set in the Alien universe, there’s evidence to suggest the xenomorphs are part of some kind of hivemind that, at some level, operates as a collective consciousness. The same ...

Is it the invasion of the genome snatchers? Just in case the idea of aliens walking around in human skin suits wasn’t frightening enough. An outlandish study asserts that aliens might have abducted us ...

FIRST ON FOX: An illegal alien who left an obscenity-laden bomb threat to a member of Congress was arrested by ICE over the weekend, according to the Department of Homeland Security. In a statement ...