If forced to choose one descriptor for the octopus, the best word may be “otherworldly.” These truly amazing marine animals ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A marine creature that resembles the alien E.T. has been found growing in a prehistoric area of eastern Pacific seafloor rock. The “E.T. sponge” has been classified as a new species ...

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Ridley Scott's Alien is widely considered the ultimate sci-fi horror movie, but a few genre films, like The Fly and The Thing, are even better.

A new study suggests alien life may be easier to detect through clusters of similar planets rather than single biosignatures.

The ocean is still one of the biggest mysteries on Earth, and the deeper you go, the stranger it gets. Far below the surface, where sunlight can’t reach, lives a world full of creatures that look more ...

Close-up of Pseudoproscopia latirostris, a unique grasshopper species with an elongated head. Native to South America, it uses its distinctive shape as camouflage in ...