Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/FX The nightmarish xenomorph, with its piston-like inner jaw and blood ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While the buzzy sci-fi series is science fiction (obviously), Dr. Sward says there's plenty of real science peppered throughout.

The first episode opens with a familiar scenario. We witness a research ship in deep space carrying unknown alien organisms suddenly having an outbreak, with the aliens killing most of the crew. But ...

The nightmarish xenomorph, with its piston-like inner jaw and blood that could melt your face off, might be the “perfect organism” as succinctly described in the original Alien movie, but that hasn’t ...

In recent years, a surprisingly large number of alien species have managed to flourish in Svalbard. In 2024, common meadow rue, Thalictrum flavum ,was identified for the first time in Svalbard, in ...

For most people, just being near a bug is grounds to flip out and reach for the nearest can of Raid. Or a flamethrower. But if you're Dr. Grace Sward, an entomologist with a PhD from Ohio State ...

Like many fans we are simply having fun using science to analyze the creatures. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...

Thomas Haworth receives funding from The Royal Society and UKRI. Chris Duffy receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust. The TV series Alien:Earth has introduced a number of new creatures to the much ...