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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEWPORT NEWS — An alien, a rocket scientist, a whale researcher and a Shark Tank investor walked into a large dome called the ...

This week, scientists discovered the biggest collection of whale fossils deep in the Indian Ocean, protocols for what happens ...

NEWPORT NEWS — An alien, a rocket scientist, a whale researcher and a Shark Tank investor walked into a large dome called the Noodlesphere on Saturday in the Yard District. “I was confused,” said ...

"Whalefall," a survival thriller based on the Daniel Kraus novel and starring Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin, opens in ...

When astrobiologists are asked what aliens might look like, many now point not to distant galaxies but to some of the strangest corners of Earth, where researchers on several continents are using ...

Scientists have uncovered an astonishing new chapter in humpback whale migration: two whales were found to have traveled between breeding grounds in Australia and Brazil, crossing more than 14,000 ...

Since March, the world has watched live as a humpback whale lay stranded on a sandbank in German waters, far from the North Sea. The stranded humpback whale was found in poor health, tangled in ...

A humpback that became stuck in the Baltic seemed to unite a nation in hope. Rescue efforts followed, and then finger-pointing. A humpback that became stuck in the Baltic seemed to unite a nation in ...

BERLIN (AP) — A humpback whale found dead this week off a Danish island has been identified as the animal released two weeks ago in a spectacular and controversial rescue effort after repeatedly ...