Ancient Greeks believed in alien life, as well as in gods, souls, and beings that inhabited the Moon, stars, and Heavens.

Heartworm’s global spread likely stems from ancient canid hosts, not recent human activity. Findings may reshape treatment ...

A parasite that has the potential to devastate livestock — and infect humans — is less than 100 miles of the U.S. as it ...

A groundbreaking advancement in marine biology occurred with the identification of 38 new marine species collected from the ...

Shortly after four astronauts returned from their trip around the Moon, a crew of tiny space travelers were already on the ...

The Smithsonian opened the MSC in 1983 to ease overcrowding at the natural history museum’s main building on the National ...

If you trace the animal family tree back through the fossil record, the trail usually goes cold about 539 million years ago. Before this boundary—the start of the famous Cambrian explosion—multicelled ...

A Greek woman had to seek medical attention after sneezing bugs out of her nose. The unusual ailment, which terrified those ...

We both have a very deep interest in non-human life on Earth,” says Guttersnipe guitarist and vocalist Uroceras Gigas, “and ...

A former US congressman who was once in line to become the country’s top law enforcement official has claimed that a serving member of the military briefed him on what he described as a secret ...

A SLIMY crew of worms is about to be blasted into space just days after the historic Artemis II voyage. Brit scientists are sending the microscopic space travellers to the ISS on a very important ...

A treasure trove of fossils from China shows that the Cambrian explosion may have been less explosive than scientists once ...