Scientists have discovered a gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy that’s not only exceptionally powerful, but also long-lasting. This is highly unusual.

Body characteristics needed for deep-sea survival can give creatures an alien-like look. But one scientist called the newly discovered bumpy snailfish “adorable.”

In a proof of concept, researchers demonstrated that they could bioengineer a couple of hours of light into a common plant.

Astronomers identified what they believed was a lone brown dwarf orbiting a bright single star. Then they looked more closely.

The fossil, estimated to be about 70 million years old, was buried 763 feet below the surface and unearthed because of a drilling project.

Researchers in a submersible could hardly believe their eyes, or their luck, when they saw a clearly active eruption along an undersea volcanic mountain chain.

Scientists have discovered an ancient wasp with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey.

With a ghostly finger in a lab, researchers coaxed people to hear phantom voices.

What do a cow, a koala, a camel, a Tasmanian devil and now a finch all have in common? It’s not the plot of a new movie in the “Madagascar” series.

Scientists have figured out what makes a small see-through fish sometimes shimmer in the light.