Alien creatures may feel like pure fiction, but some of their most disturbing traits already exist in nature. Parasitic lifeforms, genetic manipulation, and extreme survival strategies can be found on ...

The science fiction genre has shaped how people think about intelligent life elsewhere in the universe — “whether it’s ...

The vast majority of our planet remains a complete mystery, hidden beneath miles of crushing water where sunlight never penetrates. In this eternal darkness, evolution has taken a path so bizarre that ...

The majority of “Project Hail Mary” takes place in outer space in the near future, but like many message-driven science fiction films, it’s really about the here and now on Earth. Based on the 2011 ...

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I was hunched over a Baja hillside last October looking for arachnids with a San Diego Natural History Museum entomologist ...

Michael David Hicks’ death is being discussed alongside other cases involving researchers.

The discovery of the grave site adds to dozens of similar cases in Jalisco, the state hardest hit by Mexico's missing persons crisis.