An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps of invasion risk for thousands of alien plant species under current ...

Scientists found "alien" water signature in horsetail plants. Discovery may reshape understanding of water and ancient climate. Horsetail's water mimics chemistry seen in meteorites. Did our AI ...

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. Marjorie Taylor Greene Knows ...

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 ...

Plants are spreading across the globe faster than ever, largely due to human activity, and new research shows that the very same traits that make plants thrive in their native lands also drive their ...

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 ...

An artist imagines the flora of distant, nonexistent worlds. Rosa aetherialis, an anemophilous flower from the imaginary exoplanet Novathis-458b, where winds exceed 15,000 miles per hour. An artist ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

From a distance, the Ivanpah solar plant looks like a shimmering lake in the Mojave Desert. Up close, it’s a vast alien-like installation of hundreds of thousand of mirrors pointed at three towers, ...

(CNN) — 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 ...