Hirsute 'Hoff' crabs grow food in their hair 19 Jun 2013 | 05:00 am

By Douglas Main, LiveScience Yeti crabs don't comb their hair to look good — they do it because they're hungry. These bizarre deep-sea animals grow their food in their own hair, trapping bacteria and ...

Tough love: Male spiders die for sex 19 Jun 2013 | 04:28 am

By Tanya Lewis, LiveScience An eight-legged love tragedy may go something like this: The male spider approaches the female, who is four times his size. She scuttles away, but he creeps closer and clos...

Tiny submersible could search for life in Europa's ocean 15 Jun 2013 | 05:48 am

By Jeremy Hsu, Astrobiology Magazine, SPACE.com One of the first visitors to Jupiter's icy moon of Europa could be a tiny submarine barely larger than two soda cans. The small craft might help strike ...

James Cameron gives record-breaking sub to science 15 Jun 2013 | 05:30 am

By Douglas Main, LiveScience WOODS HOLE, Mass. — When James Cameron was about 12, he saw the Alvin submersible on the cover of National Geographic and was absolutely captivated by the vehicle's abilit...

Real-life lizard king named for Doors' Jim Morrison 5 Jun 2013 | 04:26 am

Southern Europeans more African than thought 4 Jun 2013 | 05:45 am

By Tia Ghose, LiveScience Southern Europeans get a significant portion of their genetic ancestry from North Africa, new research suggests. The findings are perhaps not surprising, given that the Roman...

Robotic rovers compete for $1.5 million NASA prize 4 Jun 2013 | 05:21 am

By Megan Gannon, SPACE.com NASA is ready to award $1.5 million in prizes next week for robotic rovers that can skillfully navigate mock alien terrain and collect samples all by themselves. Today's rob...

See rare sight Sunday: Jupiter, Venus and Mercury together 26 May 2013 | 09:21 pm

By Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Three planets will perform a rare celestial dance in the sunset sky Sunday, a cosmic show that stars Jupiter, Venus and Mercury. Weather permitting, the three planets will sh...

Astronaut packs crafts for space station trip 26 May 2013 | 09:05 pm

By Miriam Kramer, SPACE.com An American astronaut is about to get seriously crafty in space. When NASA's Karen Nyberg, the European Space Agency's Luca Parmitano and Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhi...

Ancient cave art unearthed in Mexico 26 May 2013 | 08:40 pm

By Megan Gannon, LiveScience In the mountains of northeastern Mexico, archaeologists have unearthed thousands of ancient paintings on the walls of caves and ravines from a time before Spanish rule. Th...