Alec Gillis is a name that is as synonymous with the creature effects of the Predator and Alien series as the creators themselves are. Having been involved with both franchises as part of Stan Winston ...

Deep below the surface of New Zealand’s southern fjords, in waters rarely disturbed and even less understood, a discovery has ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

Mark Brownlow, a veteran director known for the BBC's award-winning Frozen Planet II and Blue Planet II, has faced danger ...

Talking guns, you said? Sounds highly appropriate, given the unique personalities different types of guns have. The pistol, ...

Some animals living on Earth appear so unusual that they are often compared to aliens. Their shapes, movements, and behaviors challenge common ideas of what life should look like. Scientists explain ...

Everything really is bigger — and stranger — in Texas. This year proved the Lone Star State is full of wild surprises after several Texans spotted some rare and unusual encounters with sea creatures ...

A new season of Apple TV’s docuseries “Prehistoric Planet” follows mammals fighting to survive in shifting climate. The five-part season begins with “The Big Freeze,” one of the coldest periods of the ...

NEW YORK – If you’ve seen any of the “Ice Age” animated Disney movies, we have some bad news: You don’t know the real ice age. It was an incredible time when the Earth was going through immense ...

A Surinam toad camouflages itself by dead leaves (credit: Getty Images) A South American frog whose young erupt from the mother’s back. Called (confusingly) the Surinam toad, it is the most ...