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 ...

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 ...

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

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After volunteering at a rescue project, one stray’s fate still haunts the author – prompting questions about what ‘doing good ...

UFO researcher Mark Christopher Lee claims to have been granted "rare access" to the Vatican's confidential archives and is ...

In western India, strata of old rocks are providing a glimpse of what may have been a world of heat, a world of creeping continents, and one of giant .