Three orcas from Alaska surfaced in the waters between Washington state and Canada in March, an area where they've never been ...

Animal behavior reflects a complex interplay between an animal's brain and its sensory surroundings. Only rarely have ...

In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between.

Scientists are studying if toxins from blue-green algae cause dementia-like symptoms in stranded dolphins. Researchers found ...

Searching for alien languages sheds light on how much human languages have in common—with each other and even with animal ...

The “alien” is actually a potato. Specifically, it is a purple tuber nicknamed Spudnik-1, grown and photographed by Pettit.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way to study the harsh space weather around young M dwarf stars. Mysterious dips in starlight turned out to be massive rings of plasma swirling in the stars’ ...

During today's Xbox Partner Preview stream, Rebellion, the studio behind Sniper Elite and Atomfall, revealed an all-new game. Alien Deathstorm is an atmospheric first-person shooter set on an alien ...

Summary: Researchers have mapped the precise molecular “phone line” that allows the gut’s immune system to talk to the brain during a parasitic infection. The study identifies a unique relay between ...