Some microbes happily thrive in unforgiving environments. An extremophile hunt is underway to leverage their resilience ...

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a ...

Bacteria operate by a pretty simple set of biological commands: survive and reproduce. But a recent study is highlighting ...

Thousands of bacterial and other microbial species live in the human gut, supporting healthy digestion, immunity, metabolism ...

Trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses and single-celled organisms travel the globe high in the atmosphere. Scientists are ...

By Edward Carver Prochlorococcus, a genus of bacteria that’s key to oxygen production in the ocean, tends to disappear when ...

Microbes are more powerful than we thought. These tiny organisms are now being recognized for their vital role in reducing ...

When food runs low, some bacteria kill and eat their neighbors. Study shows a survival strategy that changes how we think ...

A small but mighty microbe that can safely extract the rare earth and other critical elements for building everything from ...

Researchers from the Sydney Institute of Agriculture at the University of Sydney investigated the vast and largely hidden ...