Across South Africa, an environmental crisis began with a plan over a century ago. By bringing in fast-growing trees from Australia to stop shifting sand dunes and supply wood for a growing nation, ...

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

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

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

Malta’s coastal waters are rapidly changing as marine heatwaves drive the spread of invasive species, with some bays now ...

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

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

Researchers say a biocontainment facility on the Moon could be humanity's last line of defense against potential future alien ...

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

With the release of Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg’s new film about aliens, a question as old as science fiction itself resurfaces: if aliens were to arrive on Earth, would they come to conquer us, ...

It is often suggested that anyone who finds one of these invasive worms should kill it (carefully). Here's what else to know.