Beneath the icy silence of Antarctica's famous Dry Valleys lies a world so unusual that it often resembles another planet.

A journey through Phtanum B explores its strange creatures, environments and believable worldbuilding.

Imagined planets, ecosystems and creatures show how diverse alien biology could become.

Discover the astonishing microscopic life thriving beneath Antarctica's icy exterior. A new PBS series reveals the ...

A nutrition scientist applies metabolism, biology and food science to one of science fiction's oldest questions.

A biologist specializing in invasive species has partnered with a former Pentagon strategist in pushing NASA to construct a ...

A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of ...

Two scientists want NASA to build a quarantine lab for alien germs on the Moon, rather than on Earth. The pair, ...

Researchers propose turning a future NASA moon base into a quarantine station that would screen space samples before they ever reach Earth.

Asia is the largest continent on Earth, and its ecosystems are every bit as diverse as its size suggests. This huge continent contains massive mountain ranges, lush tropical forests, mangrove swamps, ...

Padraig is a Senior Features Writer and has been part of Screen Rant since 2017. Padraig is a writer, editor and retired Game of Thrones extra who has been writing about movies and TV online for over ...