The exoplanet K2-18b could harbor a massive ocean, but scientists will need to study the planet more to see if it’s really ...

A new butterfly species, Satyrium curiosolus, was discovered in a recent study at Blakiston Fan in Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. It has unique evolutionary history, having likely remained in ...

From the mines of Papua New Guinea to the water tanks of India, here are where researchers are finding new species.

Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting ...

Astronomers have a lot of thoughts about the latest paper claiming we’ve found the strongest hints of alien life yet on the distant planet K2 18b.

On a faraway planet, the James Webb Space Telescope has picked up signs of molecules that, on Earth, are produced only by ...

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...

Two research expeditions have captured the first footage of two squid species — a colossal squid and a glacial glass squid — swimming in the deep sea.

Scientists found "a beautiful, thriving ecosystem" in a dark and isolated location: The former shadow of a glacier.

In the frigid waters originally hidden below, scientists discovered what appear to be new species of crustaceans, fish and other life forms.

A ship run by Schmidt Institute was heading for Bellingshausen Sea when an iceberg broke clean, exposing 510 square ...

Almost all (about 98 per cent) of Antarctica is covered in ice. In the centre, some of the ice is 2.7 million years old. It's a hard environment to live on: indeed the flightless midge is the only ...