Alien director Ridley Scott eventually returned to the franchise, but couldn't complete his ambitious plans. Here's what his ...

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

The sail-backed predator Dimetrodon is one of the most iconic animals of the early Permian—long before dinosaurs dominated Earth. Most known species of this early relative of mammals reached large ...

For over 320 million years, dragonflies have been perfecting a hunting strategy so effective that almost nothing escapes.

By tracking neural crest cells in catshark embryos, researchers discovered that the molecular toolkit behind face-building is ...

Marvel is set to launch Aliens Vs X-Men later this year, stylised as AVX, with Kieron Gillen leading the series. Aliens Vs ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

Life on our planet began in the water. Eventually, one branch of the fish family tree developed legs and came up on land.

Three species that lived about 308 million years ago challenge the idea that the first land vertebrates underwent ...

King Killer enters the home stretch with the 4th and 5th issue due to release over the next two months, Marvel Comic has announced its latest addition to their Alien line-up. The Xenomorph has gone up ...