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. After being arrested, Chinese ...

The Indian Alien Flora Information Database (ILORA) is a freely available online resource with detailed information about the ecological and socio-economic attributes of more than 1700 invasive plant ...

A 400-million-year-old plant is forcing scientists to rethink what they know about Earth’s past. Researchers in New Mexico stumbled upon something strange inside a common plant. What they found ...

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 don’t stay put. They grow, spread, and sometimes end up far from where they started. In the tropics, that movement is causing big changes. Plants from other parts of the world – called alien ...

Invasive species are reshaping ecosystems and local people's relationship with nature in the tropics, a study led by Danish researchers Ninad Avinash Mungi and Jens Christian Svenning from Aarhus ...

The world of Alien: Earth has shaken up the classic Alien franchise by adding not just one monster but five terrifying alien species, each with its own strange biology and horrifying survival tactics.

The spread of species beyond their native habitat is a human-made environmental change on a global scale. Among vascular plants, over 16,000 species have now permanently settled in foreign countries.

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 ...