Some frogs have evolved features so strange that scientists struggle to explain them, and a few look less like amphibians ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Carolina is no stranger to invasive species ― but some are a bit more unsettling than others. Plenty of invasive species ...

Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life. Tardigrades—a type of invertebrate ...

“Weird”, “alien” and “like a creature from Harry Potter” – these are some of the descriptions given to an unusual crab found ...

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North Carolina is no stranger to invasive species ― but some are a bit more unsettling than others. Plenty of invasive species have established populations in North Carolina, including zebra mussels, ...

For generations, science fiction has imagined what life might look like on other worlds. These aliens are fictional, sure, but some of them are informed by real evolutionary processes on Earth. That’s ...