A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ...

By Sean Mowbray Invisible in their trillions, microbes dwell in our bodies, grow in soils, live on trees and are integral to ...

Trees are known for absorbing CO2. But microbes in their bark also absorb other climate-active gases, methane, hydrogen, and ...

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in collaboration with the University of the Virgin Islands ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

Metagenomic sequencing of tree bark microbiota indicated their ability to process some atmospheric gases, highlighting their ...

Cleaning and disinfecting are not the same thing, and there are plenty of items in your home that could be harboring germs if ...

Soils store more carbon than the atmosphere and vegetation combined, with soil microorganisms playing the main role. As a ...

Ancient microbial activity preserved in deep seafloor sediments challenges assumptions about where fragile traces of early ...