Beneath the icy silence of Antarctica's famous Dry Valleys lies a world so unusual that it often resembles another planet.

Discover the astonishing microscopic life thriving beneath Antarctica's icy exterior. A new PBS series reveals the ...

A journey through Phtanum B explores its strange creatures, environments and believable worldbuilding.

Beneath the surface lies an alien ocean packed with bizarre survival strategies, terrifying hunters, and creatures unlike ...

A nutrition scientist applies metabolism, biology and food science to one of science fiction's oldest questions.

A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of ...

A biologist specializing in invasive species has partnered with a former Pentagon strategist in pushing NASA to construct a ...

Two scientists want NASA to build a quarantine lab for alien germs on the Moon, rather than on Earth. The pair, ...

Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.

Invisible environmental hazards like wild parsnip and invasive pampas grass trigger severe chemical burns and chronic allergies, driving a push for localized community stewardship.