Pockets of water exist that are so salty they behave more like dense syrup than seawater. These deep, hidden lakes are called ...

Researchers bombarded these hybrid lifeforms with a year's worth of Martian radiation in just 5 hours — and they survived, ...

ALIENS might be lurking on a far-off ocean planet in an “astounding” discovery, Britain’s brainiest scientists have told The ...

These extremophiles are renowned for their exceptional resilience to hostile environments. This includes temperatures ranging from -271°C to more than 150°C, pressures exceeding 1,200 times ...

Aptly dubbed extremophiles, they have numerous scientists asking how, and what, they can learn from these remarkable organisms. The temperatures and conditions where extremophiles exist mimic ...

Scientists are studying whether Earth’s oldest lifeforms, such as extremophiles and ancient microbes, could survive on other planets. These organisms have thrived in harsh conditions for ...

The exhibit, which opens tomorrow (April 4) in AMNH’s LeFrak Family Gallery, explores the diversity of life at Earth’s extremes of temperature, pressure, wetness, and aridity—and everywhere in between ...