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

The pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed glider, until now known only through fossils, have been rediscovered.

The Antscan database captures the tiny insects’ diversity and shows how the world’s living things could be rendered in three dimensions.

Known as Tanyka amnicola, this lake-dweller with twisted jaws and teeth pointed outward lived in Gondwana 275 million years ...

These 20 animals are so strange they look like science fiction creations, but they’re completely real. Nature is far more bizarre than you think.

The truth about aliens may be out there, but don't expect them to look like little green men, RadarOnline. com can report.

It’s hard for us to assert.” Bill Diamond, president and chief executive of SETI, told “Jesse Weber Live” on Friday.

A spiky, big-eyed gecko found clinging to canyon walls in southern Iran turned out to be a completely new species — genetically distinct from every known relative by a staggering margin. Researchers ...

CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — The owner of a "self-proclaimed" rescue was arrested Monday after officials said multiple animals were found dead on the property. Deputies with the Citrus County Sheriff's ...

Aliens have been making headlines thanks to former US President Barack Obama’s remark in a podcast interview that they were “real but I haven’t seen them.” On Radio 4’s flagship new programme Today, ...

Researchers have documented several new types of plankton called comb jellies in the Colombian Caribbean and Pacific, including six species never recorded in Colombian waters before. These twinkling ...

FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The Flint Township Police Department searched a home on Tuesday morning and discovered what officers described as “overwhelming filth,” toxic air and dozens of dead and living ...