An interactive exhibit in a Crossroads art gallery aims to astonish earthly and extraterrestrial visitors alike. Wichita, Kansas, artists and spouses Mike Miller and Meghan Miller have created ...

With all the love for the stony star, we thought it worthwhile to delve into his origin story. In an exclusive conversation ...

For a long time, it was thought that this [technique] required telescopes in space,” says John Mather, the Nobel ...

Alien creatures may feel like pure fiction, but some of their most disturbing traits already exist in nature. Parasitic lifeforms, genetic manipulation, and extreme survival strategies can be found on ...

Nudibranchs look like fragile, colorful decorations drifting across coral reefs — but their biology tells a different story. These sea slugs steal toxins from their prey and repurpose them as chemical ...

A young rock-pooler discovered a rare 'alien-like' winged creature washed up on a UK beach. Charley Taviner, five, was following a crab when he found what he thought was a huge lump of seaweed. But it ...

An alien-like Mola mola surprised surfers as it surfaced along the San Diego coastline, ultimately dying and washing ashore. “A rare Mola mola (ocean sunfish) washed up on our shore at Cardiff State ...

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 ...

When Ridley Scott first premiered “Alien” in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the cultural zeitgeist. Almost 50 years later, the world that Scott built ...

Spoilers follow for Alien: Earth through Episode 7. Travis? Taylor? Pfft. America has a new sweetheart, and her name is… Well, she has a couple of names, from Trypanorhyncha Ocellus, to T. Ocellus, to ...

Among the many strange biological wonders Charles Darwin observed in his time, one haunted him above all. “‘The eye, to this day, gives me a cold shudder,” he admitted in a letter to an American ...