The year's top paleontological wonders ranged from a 540-million-year-old penis worm to a decades-old rodent impression.

In 1957, a 300-foot craft landed quietly in Virginia. Out stepped a man in a metallic jumpsuit who simply said, “I need to see the president.” His name? Valiant Thor. He claimed to be from Venus—and ...

TOKYO – Alligator weed, an invasive plant species native to South America, is spreading in rivers and lakes in Japan. The ...

The world still holds its secrets. Hidden under wet rocks, in the ocean’s twilight crevices, and in the minutiae of the ...

Scientists discover 26 new bacterial species in NASA cleanrooms, revealing surprisingly resilient microbes with potential ...

Researchers have identified over 70 new species, from ancient dinosaurs to living mammals and insects preserved in amber ...

Federal authorities followed a trail of blood to discover a Bengal tiger cub in a dog crate, leading to charges against a ...

One that caught attention from many was a type of sea mollusk that washed ashore on South Padre Island in late May.

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to ...

About 300 years ago, Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus set out on a bold quest: to identify and name every living organism on ...