Hissing cockroaches are some of the largest cockroaches in the world, and also have an intersting form of birth. Read here to ...

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

Have you ever seen a massive bug that looks like a twig or tree branch? Probably not, because these rare insects are masters of camouflage. Giant stick insects are some of the most expensive insects ...

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 ...

The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...

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 ...

A long-term study in Colorado reveals that insect populations are plummeting even in remote, undisturbed areas. Over two decades, flying insect abundance dropped by more than 70%, closely linked to ...

Spotted lanternflies are an invasive insect species first spotted in Ohio in 2020. Adult spotted lanternflies breed and lay egg masses late in the fall, and the eggs then hatch in the spring. Scraping ...

Alien: Earth just pulled off one of the best fakeouts in recent TV history. After kicking off the Alien prequel series by introducing an entire crew of Weyland-Yutani employees aboard a ship called ...