The death of this ancient species, discovered alongside more newly described mammals, had been greatly exaggerated.

In the hidden chambers of Japanese forests, a quiet rebellion has been unfolding for decades. Scientists have now confirmed that one rare ant has broken almost every rule of ant society. The species, ...

We’ve long assumed the legendary pilot sank to the bottom oft he Pacific. But a forensic experiment points to a much darker possibility.

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Invasive species are a threat to biodiversity, causing damage to local ecosystems and, potentially, economic loss. Once a non-native species has arrived in a new habitat, the conditions have to be ...

Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences, which has produced a trio of modern-day dire wolves and the woolly mouse, seeks to bring back extinct species.

Orchid Mantis. Image by Pavel Kirillov from St.Petersburg, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The Orchid ...

There’s no denying the allure of alien artifacts. Science fiction is awash in the material remnants of extraterrestrial civilizations, which surface in everything from the classic books of Arthur C.

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 ...

Across the many stories set in the Alien universe, there’s evidence to suggest the xenomorphs are part of some kind of hivemind that, at some level, operates as a collective consciousness. The same ...

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t ...