Jess Thomson

1 week ago | livescience.com | Jess Thomson

Chemical fingerprints of life have been found on a distant exoplanet by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It is the "most promising" evidence yet for alien life, scientists say.

1 week ago | livescience.com | Jess Thomson

The elusive colossal squid has finally been caught on camera, an entire century after it was first discovered. A team of scientists aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute's research vessel Falkor filmed a not-so-colossal juvenile measuring 11.8 inches (30 centimeters) long as it swam through the ocean near the South Sandwich Islands at a depth of around 1,968 feet (600 meters).

1 week ago | msn.com | Jess Thomson

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1 week ago | livescience.com | Jess Thomson

Quick facts about primatesWhere they live: Every continent except Australia and AntarcticaWhat they eat: Mostlyfruits, seeds, nuts, leaves and insectsHow big they are: Thesmallest primate species is only 5.4 inches (13.6 centimeters) tall, on average. The biggest — humans and gorillas — can be 6 feet (1.8 meters) or taller. Primates are a group of mammals that includes humans and our close relatives, such as apes, monkeys and lemurs.

1 week ago | livescience.com | Jess Thomson

Strange creatures straight out of a science-fiction movie have been captured by scientists off the coast of Antarctica. Pink and bulbous "sea pigs", hand-sized sea spiders and delicate sea butterflies are among the bizarre animals hauled up from the ocean floor by a team of Australian researchers aboard the icebreaker ship RSV Nuyina, which is on a 60-day voyage across the Southern Ocean to the Denman Glacier. Some of the weird wildlife may even be previously undiscovered.