Just one plant species can be enough to trigger an ecological invasion. Studies have shown that some tropical plants have ...

Lovebirds are unusual not just because of their shameless PDA, but because they choose one mate for life. While more than 90 ...

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has found strong evidence that a plant's ability to reproduce on its own—through ...

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if you mated with an alien.

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

A siphonophore—a colonial marine invertebrate related to the venomous stinging Portuguese Man-o-war—is scanned using Deep ...

The mockumentary is an underrated genre of comedy, but this classic sci-fi one still holds up today through its sharp writing ...

Discover the origin and purpose of the structures of living things, from why baboons have swollen bottoms to the ...

Some of the most memorable characters on screens are not even from Earth, and they have left a mark through striking designs, detailed worldbuilding, and performances that audiences still talk about.

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Ruthye (a bland Eve Ridley) is a young alien warrior on a quest to avenge the death of her parents at the hands of the gruesome space pirate, Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts). Kara ...

Not all islands are surrounded by water. Some are ringed by wheat fields, highways, fences, suburbs and municipal boundaries. For the creatures trapped inside them, survival depends on ...