At first glance, it looks like an alien eye—a gorgeous blue iris around a carmel-colored pupil, thick eyelashes radiating out ...

Biologists have long drawn the animal family tree with a hazy base, unsure which creature first split from the common ...

With its vivid blue float and glowing, radiating tentacles, the blue button jelly looks more like a creature from science ...

A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 meters in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines.

ABOARD OCEANXPLORER, Indonesia - A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 ...

In his new role as assistant director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Victor Avila emphasizes the cartels’ control and exploitation over individuals and families seeking ...

This lifeform’s extraordinary biology could hold the key to anti-aging breakthroughs.

High-energy particles zipping through the cosmos are harmful to life on Earth, but scientists think it could be food for potential alien life elsewhere. Saturn's moon Enceladus (shown here in a 2006 ...

An ESA-developed AI system analyzing millions of Hubble images has identified more than 1,300 odd and previously overlooked ...