A tiny, noodle-shaped animal that no one expected to find in the United States has been pulled from the mud at the bottom of ...

Peregrine falcon, the fastest animal, dives at over 320 kilometres per hour. Found worldwide, it thrives in wild and urban ...

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

Some animals living on Earth appear so unusual that they are often compared to aliens. Their shapes, movements, and behaviors challenge common ideas of what life should look like. Scientists explain ...

In his new National Geographic series Pole to Pole, the actor ventures deep into the Amazon in search of creatures whose ...

When most people think of massive snakes, the first one that comes to mind is the anaconda. Anacondas might be the largest ...

The American Horseshoe Crab is about as close as you can get to a creature that shared the Earth with dinosaurs, but the ...

New Scientist writers and contributors have chosen their top science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games and board ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight disappears and pressure reaches crushing levels, some of the planet’s strangest ...

In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly ...

Find out exactly how big the biggest whale on Earth is and why blue whales can grow so huge when they only eat tiny creatures ...