is crimson creature glides through the twilight zone with rainbows dancing up and down its body but to predators it’s ...

If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be “otherworldly.” These truly amazing marine animals ...

He enters a dark sewer tunnel expecting to find nothing. But as the light hits the water, something changes. Eyes begin to ...

South Florida's canals and wetlands are ideal habitats for invasive Asian swamp eels. The University of Florida wants the ...

Author Stephen Graham Jones has summoned fear in the form of everything from an alien caterpillar to zombie wrestlers. He's ...

An interactive exhibit in a Crossroads art gallery aims to astonish earthly and extraterrestrial visitors alike. Wichita, Kansas, artists and spouses Mike Miller and Meghan Miller have created ...

Despite its challenges, the Salton Sea remains an important habitat for birds. In fact, it’s one of the most important bird ...

The actor on whether he'll appear in Ryan Coogler's revival of his Fox hit (maybe?), the UFO/UAP phenomena, and season two of ...

Searching for alien languages sheds light on how much human languages have in common—with each other and even with animal ...

Nature is full of strange surprises, and these animals with partial or total translucence offer prime examples. The creatures listed here include marine species like the ghost shrimp and glass squid.

I teach a class at Bard College and Columbia University called “Imagining Nonhuman Consciousness.” We mostly read about nonhuman animals. But toward the end of the curriculum ...

Some animals are so unusual that they barely look real, and transparent creatures are among the strangest of them all. These species have evolved appearances that seem more like science fiction than ...