This creature doesn’t think the way we do—because it doesn’t have just one brain. With 9 brains and 3 hearts, it can process ...

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

Scientists are sure that the tiny ancient humans went extinct 50,000 years ago. However, one of them believes that there is a ...

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

Could humans spread Earth life beyond our planet? Astrobiologists explain where extremophiles might survive and why the risks ...

New study reveals the remarkable biological tricks helping giant isopods endure starvation A creature that resembles the humble pill bug found under garden pots has revealed one of the ocean’s most ...

Left to Right: Steven Yeun in "Nope," the alien in Steven Spielberg's "E.T." and Scarlett Johansson in "Under the Skin" (Universal Pictures / A24) It didn’t take long for stories about ...

Thousands of people have reported UFOs or alien encounters in Northern California. That number could soon go up.

Teetering near endangered status, the starlet sea anemone produces “an ancient mechanism” for fighting viruses that ...

A fossil of the creature provides the first evidence that microraptors lived in what is now northwestern China. Its discovery ...