Keeping Mars free from Earth life is one of the most important rules in space exploration. If microbes from our planet were ...

When space scientists send equipment into space, they think carefully about the risk of contaminating other worlds with ...

Scientists have long known that fungi are resilient, but research suggests some strains might even survive the long, brutal ...

During our California honeymoon, Mary Anne and I drove high into the Sierra Mountains to Calaveras Big Trees State Park near ...

Sniper Elite and Atomfall developer Rebellion has announced Alien Deathstorm, a first-person shooter with otherworldly weather and deadly creatures. This atmospheric title made its debut during the ...

Peter Dinklage has joined the cast of FX’s “Alien: Earth” Season 2, Variety has confirmed. While his character details are still kept under wraps, the “Game of Thrones” Emmy winner will be a series ...

For many fans, the behind-the-scenes strife of Alien 3 is as well-known as its on-screen excess: This is the movie that almost permanently pushed David Fincher out of Hollywood. Fincher inherited a ...

In Western Australia’s goldfields, researchers have discovered a strain of the fungus known as Fusarium oxysporum that has an actual ‘Midas touch.’ Th.

There seems to be a lot of interest in mushrooms and toadstools these days. For no apparent reason, lately my bizarro YouTube algorithm has presented me with a couple of vids from mushroom-hunting ...

Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, a black fungus is thriving on the walls of one of the most radioactive buildings on Earth, challenging scientists’ understanding of how life ...