A boon to robins, gardeners, farmers, fishermen and even grizzlies, earthworms aerate the soil and bore underground avenues for plant roots and water. Ever since Darwin demonstrated in 1881 that the ...

The search for life beyond our solar system heated up this year when scientists reported a tantalising signal from an exoplanet of a molecule that is known to be produced exclusively by life on Earth.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A deep image of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the ...

In the California-based artist’s debut graphic novel, Pig Wife, a family contends with its legacies of abuse and isolation in ...

Wondering about the weirdest animals in the world? We've listed the Top 31 here — including the axolotl, aye-aye, blobfish, ...

When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

A new black-handed spider monkey (also called Geoffroy’s spider monkey) was born at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo on Dec. 18, the zoo announced in a news release. The baby is currently on display to ...

U.S. Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants to end the use of primates in federally funded research, a wish that could have dramatic consequences for S.C.’s famous “Monkey Island” and ...

As far back as the 1980s, there have been numerous attempts to adapt popular video game IPs into other formats, with extremely mixed results. Some of these adaptations live on through meme power and ...

3I/ATLAS has passed its closest point to Earth, meaning we will soon lose sight of it for good. Some scientists want to send a spacecraft to chase down the alien comet — or the next interstellar ...

The Wormways is a small optional region you can uncover in Hollow Knight: Silksong. It's maze-like and cramped passages are teeming with hazards, with some secrets that can only be unlocked through ...