Scientists propose that recently uncovered fossils may be the earliest evidence of behavioral “handedness” in animals.

Fossils of Spriggina floundersi provide the earliest evidence of animals favouring one side of the body over the other – a ...

When it comes to the search for life elsewhere in the universe, methane and other chemical compounds are seen as signs of ...

Moms are capable of magic that is more than just maternal. Nature has imbued its most special being with surprisingly strange ...

In 1978, a wonder emerged from the crumbling earth of the Gram Clay Pits in Denmark. Paleontologists were stunned when they ...

‘I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to go swimming in the ancient oceans if these things were swimming around,’ one scientist said. Illustration: Hokkaido University. For centuries, humans have told ...

But exploring the evolutionary roots of these diverse maternal methods is tough, because reproductive tissues decay quickly ...

Rare 160-million-year-old sea spider fossils from Southern France look nearly identical to living species, revealing a body ...

Astronomers studying the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS say it could be a 12‑billion‑year‑old relic formed in near‑absolute‑zero conditions, while Nasa dismisses claims it is an alien probe.

If an alien intelligence were hiding somewhere on Earth, many scientists suspect it might look something like an octopus.

New Mexico's carved hoodoos, expansive badlands, and rising mesas feel like they belong in another world, far away from the American Southwest.

Detainees at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades, known as "Alligator Alcatraz," have been transferred to other facilities, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said, citing ...