A mysterious algal bloom has haunted South Australia’s coast for more than a year, killing marine life and unsettling ...

Despite its challenges, the Salton Sea remains an important habitat for birds. In fact, it’s one of the most important bird ...

A Publix shopper walked up to the seafood counter and saw a fresh-cut cod fillet in the display case. She's grossed out and ...

Anybody who has seen "Finding Nemo" knows about those captivating monsters of the sea: anglerfishes. Variously horrific or ...

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

Some animals are so unusual that they barely look real, and transparent creatures are among the strangest of them all. These ...

I teach a class at Bard College and Columbia University called “Imagining Nonhuman Consciousness.” We mostly read about ...

The internet went into a frenzy on Friday when a NASA astronaut shared a weird alien-looking photo on social media. The photo showed an object that was floating in the air and appeared to be purple, ...

Over the past decade, scientists have come up with a variety of frameworks to guide their search for life in the universe. While it’s most convenient to start looking for life using the knowledge that ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability An ...