Discoveries from the Isle of Wight have unveiled ancient shellfish fossils that highlight early parental care practices.

If humans vanished, evolution might not crown another primate. One unlikely marine predator has the brain, dexterity, and ...

A complete Cretaceous shellfish fossil. (University of Portsmouth) Nature has imbued its mothers with many surprisingly ...

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, ...

In fact, polls in Australia, the US and elsewhere indicate around a third of the public believes aliens are here. However, while what we know about the universe suggests aliens may exist, there are ...

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

The Citizenship Act uses Wong Kim Ark case exceptions to legislatively end birthright citizenship for children of illegal ...

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

White House taps polarizing Harvard astronomer to lead new UFO council - The team’s mission is to investigate the national ...

Some frogs have evolved features so strange that scientists struggle to explain them, and a few look less like amphibians ...

In 2016, during the first Trump campaign, I wrote an article asking whether American democracy could survive the reduction of politics to entertainment. At the time, the question seemed exaggerated to ...

Moon bases, living to 100 and (finally!) flying cars. What 2076 and our future will look like may be stranger than we expect.