Scientists are listening in on sperm whale conversations and studying Earth's strangest microbes to prepare humanity for first contact with extraterrestrial life.

Modern astrobiology suggests that alien life would not evolve randomly, but under the same ruthless evolutionary pressures that shaped life on Earth. Scientists expect traits like symmetry, vision, mobility,

Go behind the scenes on the set of FX's Alien: Earth to see what's in store for humanity when technology and biology collide – and why that doesn't bode well for our planet: Set to crash land across FX and Hulu screens beginning on August 12th, here's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 its environment.

Twelve years after the original Alien: Isolation game was released across platforms, on the official "Alien Day" meant to celebrate the beloved franchise, game developers Creative Assembly are returning to the world of xenomorphs and unreliable robots to once again terrify the living daylights out of us.

Astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson spills on his obsession with aliens and the best and worst Hollywood depictions of them.

Go behind the scenes on the set of FX's Alien: Earth to see what's in store for humanity when technology and biology collide – and why that doesn't bode well for our planet: Set to crash land across FX and Hulu screens beginning on August 12th, here's ...