A research team has developed a new approach to detecting life beyond Earth that does not rely on identifying specific ...

The Faith of Beasts continues The Captive's War, James S.A. Corey's riveting first post-Expanse series. Amazon is working on ...

Over four decades, the Alien franchise has brought many different versions of the xenomorph creature to theaters.

From lava tubes on Mars to ice pockets on Europa, subterranean environments may offer the best chance of finding life—and living safely—beyond our planet. “I was like, ‘OK, I'm pretty sure that ...

If you trace the animal family tree back through the fossil record, the trail usually goes cold about 539 million years ago. Before this boundary—the start of the famous Cambrian explosion—multicelled ...

Critters, a 1986 cult classic B-movie horror film, features a family being attacked by ravenous hedgehog-like monsters known ...

Far below the ocean’s surface, where sunlight can’t reach, some of the most unusual creatures on Earth thrive in complete ...

In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between.

Searching for alien languages sheds light on how much human languages have in common—with each other and even with animal ...

Sometimes when new neighbors move in, you go over and introduce yourself. Other times, you just pull the blinds and mind your own business. Across the country, wild species are increasingly sharing ...

What would they think of us? It’s a question that can produce some, well, uncomfortable answers if you happen to be an ...