Earth hosts a variety of alien-like species, from the ribbon worm and syphonophore to the carnivorous pitcher plant and star-nosed mole, showcasing extreme adaptations. How A Million Miles Of Undersea ...

On Earth, plants reflect green light — but on Kepler-186f, they’d likely glow deep red. The reason lies in physics: cooler stars like Kepler-186 emit more infrared light than visible light, forcing ...

The Alien franchise has always focused on just one titular alien — the Xenomorph. Yes, over the years, we got extrapolations of the Xenomorph, like the Queen, and the facehuggers. Yet they all still ...

We know that the loss and degradation of nature are critically undermining human wellbeing and quality of life. The 2020 IPBES global assessment on biodiversity[1] found that there are five major ...

In response to the escalating threat posed by invasive alien species (IAS), IUCN has launched the European Invasive Alien Species Rapid Response Fund. Co-funded by the European Union and implemented ...

1 State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China 2 State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Regional Eco ...

Researchers have found nearly every plant part they need to trace the prehistoric history of a 47 million-year-old "alien plant" from Utah. That’s why it's baffling that it remains so elusive and ...

Lake Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya is becoming increasingly unnavigable. Water hyacinth, the world’s most widespread invasive species, is blanketing the lake, choking its fish and leaving ...

A fossil first discovered back in 1969 has left scientists dumbfounded as they are forced to forget what they thought they knew about the ‘alien plant’ The fossilized plant leaves, Othniophyton ...

An “alien plant” fossil discovered 55 years ago just outside of an abandoned town in Utah has no relation to any currently existing or extinct species, scientists revealed in a study last month.