If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be "otherworldly." These truly amazing marine animals are known for unique behaviors and traits rarely found in any other creature ...

Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley clearly didn’t think the franchise was doing enough with the implications of its title. Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) imagined the kind of nightmare lifeforms that ...

Ever notice that many alien species in Star Trek dress alike, believe the same things, and generally act the same way? Join ...

About 500 million years ago, not a single creature had a skull. Over time, these bony plates evolved into the structural marvels that vertebrates—animals with spinal cords, aka you, me, and your pug, ...

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) focuses on finding technosignatures—potential signs of alien technology. If we look carefully, we might have a chance at detecting their ...

What do Xenomorph eggs feel like? According to the special effects experts who designed them for Alien: Earth, the answer is warm and sticky. Second Skin Studio worked directly with Wētā Workshop and ...

Marine life is indeed extremely interesting and unusual. Nevertheless, some animals in the oceans look really weird and ...