Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

"Scientists are confident that life exists elsewhere in the universe. Yet rather than taking a realistic approach to what aliens might be like, we imagine that life on other planets is the stuff of ...

Marine life is indeed extremely interesting and unusual. Nevertheless, some animals in the oceans look really weird and almost alien. The octopus is one of such animals because it has eight appendages ...