Animal behavior reflects a complex interplay between an animal's brain and its sensory surroundings. Only rarely have scientists been able to discern how actions emerge from this interaction. A new ...

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In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between.

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NASA officials have previously spoken of the possibility of extraterrestrial life amid scientific uncertainty while ...

A treasure trove of fossils from China shows that the Cambrian explosion may have been less explosive than scientists once ...

Usually sighted around Halloween, the octopus-like residents of Rigel 7 (e.g Kang and Kodos) have five tentacles (which they ...

Some worm species in your garden are a sign of healthy soil, while others point to issues like acidity or too much moisture.

The “alien” is actually a potato. Specifically, it is a purple tuber nicknamed Spudnik-1, grown and photographed by Pettit.

Veins of Earth. A satellite image shows some of the world’s rivers aglow as blue threads spread across Earth — a view never seen before in such detail or at such a scale. The image was captured by a ...

Most alien invasion movies play out the exact same way. Some human beings are going about their lives, spaceships arrive, they blow things up, humans fight back, and save the day. The end. That's not ...