Evolution is a continuous, powerful force shaping the natural world around us. As environmental pressures intensify, future animal evolution is likely to produce fascinating and sometimes bizarre new ...

There is another living world above our own, a community of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other ...

'Thousands and thousands' of these curious creatures have been showing up on the Texas shoreline, expert says. What are they?

People aren’t the only ones flooding the beaches along the coast of Northern California this month. In recent weeks, seemingly alien creatures have been found washed up in Monterey Bay, according to ...

They were so thick on the beaches of South Padre Island that one person described them as stepping stones. Squishy stepping stones. They were moon jellyfish, and a confluence of perfect conditions ...

An entire world lives deep under the ocean’s surface, far from human notice and as bustling as any city. Animals such as tubeworms and clams live crowded around plumes of methane that bubble up ...

Star Wars is packed with strange creatures that feel oddly familiar. That’s no accident. Many of the galaxy’s oddest life forms are rooted in Earth’s real animals, with some you’ve probably seen in ...