From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Is complex social behavior genetically determined? Yes, as a team of biologists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf ...

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Researchers uncover how the fruitless gene steers brain development and social feeding behavior in male honeybees.

The Sunshine State’s warm winter temperatures keep the bees active, allowing them to continue to forage. So-called “migratory beekeepers” rely on this three-month sojourn to build up their colonies’ ...

Pluribus imagines Kepler-22b as an ocean world that sends a gift to humanity through radio waves. In real life, no such ...

Mike Lamp may not be very busy as the cooling November temperatures settle on his apiary in Monongalia County, but that doesn ...

A record-bright LFBOT exposes violent encounters between black holes and stars, helping astronomers understand extreme black ...

Forced laughter — or simulated mirth, in academia — may even be more beneficial than spontaneous laughter, some say.