The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...

Scientists believe unusual shifts in ocean currents and rising water temperatures played a role in transporting the species ...

President Trump said the U.S. Navy would build a new ‘Trump-class’ battleship, with construction of the first ship to begin almost immediately. Photo: Alex Brandon/Associated Press President Trump ...

Get ready to meet every new creature in the ARK: Lost Colony DLC! From terrifying predators to mysterious new species, we explore all the exciting additions to the game. 🦖🌌 #ARKLostColony ...

Only a scattering of light penetrates the deep water, more than 300 feet beneath the ocean surface off the coast of Guam. It’s like twilight to the human eye, even in the middle of the day. This part ...

For the franchise’s third movie, James Cameron throws in new creatures, new landscapes, melodramatic plot lines and big battle sequences. It’s a lot. By Manohla Dargis When you purchase a ticket for ...

Scientists recently discovered a new member of Tripedaliidae (a family of box jellyfish) living in brackish ponds near Hong Kong. Only 1.5 centimeters in length on average, these new jellyfish have 24 ...

Viruses typically aren’t considered ‘alive,’ as many core biological functions are outsourced to their potential hosts. But a newly discovered organism appears to straddle the line between virus and ...

For all of humanity’s ventures to outer space, we’ve yet to see 99.999% of the deep-sea floor. In the latest subaquatic news, researchers discovered some 4,000 marine species, 88% of which were new ...

Beryl Rappaport, a microbiologist completing her Ph.D. at Syracuse University, and a team of researchers identified a new eukaryote, a type of amoeba whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus, that ...