Alien: Earth showrunner Noah Hawley clearly didn’t think the franchise was doing enough with the implications of its title. Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) imagined the kind of nightmare lifeforms that ...

Lovingly nicknamed “sea gooseberry,” it glides through waters like a squishy crystal or a blimpy iridescent water balloon. It has been observed in deep ocean trenches and coastal waters across the ...

They are iridescent, bright blue and jellylike, with stinging tentacles that dangle from their flat, oval-shaped bodies. Just 3 to 4 inches long, these alien-looking creatures use a short, clear flap ...

The vast majority of our planet remains a complete mystery, hidden beneath miles of crushing water where sunlight never penetrates. In this eternal darkness, evolution has taken a path so bizarre that ...

With tentacles trailing up to 120 feet, the lion's mane jellyfish is basically the deep-sea version of Rapunzel—if she could sting. Its bell can reach 8 feet wide, and those glowing tendrils help it ...