Some wasps are unsettling, and then there are species so extreme that even the scientists who study them reach for words like ...

If aliens from space can die and mourn their dead then they likely invented gods to worship. Because they missed their loved ...

It's not quite clear what the latest Trek series wants to be: a rollicking adventure, a college coming-of-age story, or a ...

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 seen as invaders due to high-profile species like the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet, the harlequin ladybird ...

Need a reminder of what's up in the farthest frontier of 'Star Trek' before 'Starfleet Academy'? Class is now in session.

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.

Tribbles are trouble in the Star Trek universe because they're so hard to remove, much like these real-life animals that've ...

A crowd-sourced search for alien intelligence called SETI@Home is in its final stages, analyzing 100 radio signals of ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...

Blue blood may look alien, but it’s one of evolution’s most elegant solutions to life in extreme environments. Here’s how ...

Despite the vast differences in human and bee brains, both of us can do mathematics. As we argue in a new paper published in ...