The scientific wonderers at What If theorize about the biological compatibility and strange genetic traits that might result from a union between two different worlds.

The axolotl is a critically endangered amphibian native to the lakes and wetlands south of Mexico City ...

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The controversy over hunting export quotas in South Africa illustrates varied conservation world-views, emphasising the ...

A new report from scientists at Project CETI demonstrates that the noises that sperm whales make to communicate with each other contain what humans would describe as vowels.

is crimson creature glides through the twilight zone with rainbows dancing up and down its body but to predators it’s ...

We have no idea what kind of life may exist on other planets, so it’s hard to know what to look for. Proxima Kósmos imagines ...

Anthropic’s Claude agents outperformed human researchers and produced “alien science,” raising new questions about AI ...

An English zoologist, he wrote an immensely popular 1967 book arguing that ancient genes, shared with apes, shape our lives.

Researchers discovered how "animal personality" affects the way wild animals respond to the growing spread of human activity.

If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be “otherworldly.” These truly amazing marine animals ...