Case in point: Scientists from Tokyo University and Hokkaido University in Japan stumbled across some mysterious jet-black ...

A nutrition scientist applies metabolism, biology and food science to one of science fiction's oldest questions.

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If an alien intelligence were hiding somewhere on Earth, many scientists suspect it might look something like an octopus.

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There’s no data to suggest that aliens exist. However, if we believed they existed and came to Earth, our planet would offer ...

Have you ever seen a creature that can punch faster than a bullet? The mantis shrimp is one of the most powerful and bizarre ...

From microscopic organisms living on frozen worlds to bizarre creatures drifting through alien skies, this journey explores ...

Noah Hawley has brought the sci-fi/horror series to television. Many filmmakers have taken on the "Alien" franchise: James Cameron, David Fincher, Fede Álvarez. Ridley Scott even returned to the well ...

Some creative calculations using bug traps, epidemiology and trees suggest there are some 20 million unique insect species on ...

Is the rest of the cosmos a pristine environment awaiting the arrival of humanity’s “post-human” descendants? Or is advanced ...

Researchers have wondered whether Praearcturus gigas was a giant crustacean called an isopod or some other creature. A new analysis of museum specimens suggests that it was a scorpion that stretched m ...