Queensland Museum scientists have described a 400-million-year-old fossil, which is possibly the smallest vertebrate fossil ...

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways?

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For decades, astronomers have dismissed them as nuisances — small specks of rock streaking through telescope images, ...

Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth. So, astrobiologists need to study how complex systems evolve.

Astronomers have found a way to spot the smallest, 'decameter,' asteroids within the main asteroid belt. They used their approach to detect more than 100 new asteroids, ranging from the size of a bus ...

On an island off South Australia, a colony of little penguins is fighting to survive. Footage gathered by scientists reveals ...

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe—life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways? How do ...

American beavers ( Castor canadensis ) and North American river otters ( Lontra canadensis ) both remain active through ...