Science fiction has imagined everything from little green men to tentacled monsters—but real biology may offer clearer clues.

The best part of making a new Alien movie or TV show has got to be the chance to create a new branch of the Xenomorph family tree. At this point, it's also practically a rite of passage for the ...

With its final episode, “The Real Monsters,” Noah Hawley’s Alien: Earth cements its place as a bold, wholly original, and distinctly idiosyncratic tale within the larger franchise that dares to chart ...

Few monsters manage to terrify me. Demons and ghosts do absolutely nothing for me, and while home invasion and crazed serial killers get a reaction out of me, it never lasts. Sure, there are instances ...