A well-worn expression among oceanographers and others who explore the watery depths of planet Earth is that we humans “know the surface of Mars better than our ocean floors.” Covering more than 70 ...

This potentially all-female burial site opens up new questions regarding Homo naledi’s culture and social structure. If the ...

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs ...

Why this wasp looks terrifying at the microscopic scale Posted: June 4, 2026 | Last updated: June 4, 2026 Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This ...

NEAR TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Nicole Dahrouge is not a salamander. Crouched in a bog, hands searching through short grass, she states it aloud for the second time in the last hour, almost like an ...

Few horror franchises have had the impact of Alien. Over the last four-plus decades, there have been nine movies, several video games and comics, and the hit TV series, Alien: Earth. The films have a ...

While many of us are excited about the prospect of finding life on other planets, there's still also so much about life on Earth we have no idea about. Like, what the heck these floating xenomorph-ish ...

This article appears in the new issue of DEN OF GEEK magazine. You can read all of our magazine stories here. The future is soaking wet. In the prequel series Alien: Earth’s vision of the year 2120, ...

Scientists have unearthed a new species of wasp in the Amazon – and it's rather terrifying. The alien-looking parasitic creature came to light when a team at Utah State University were researching ...

If you’ve ever seen a small, strange white bug on your houseplants, you may have encountered a mealybug. These odd creatures feed on plants and cover themselves in a wax coating, making it hard to get ...