Most animals (excluding the seemingly immortal among us) are defined by relatively short lifespans. While we might live “long ...

The warm, damp environments of your showerhead and toothbrush are the perfect breeding ground for microbes, and a new study ...

Ancient volcanic rock from South Africa has been found to harbour primitive bacteria, which may shed light on some of the ...

Microbes are hungry, all the time. They live everywhere, in enormous numbers. We might not see them with the naked eye, but ...

This is most clearly seen in livestock, such as cattle, where lactate accumulation can make the gut too acidic, leading to a ...

Pathogenic viruses and antibiotic-resistant bacteria thrive on plastic. The biohazard risks of this ‘plastisphere’ shouldn’t ...

What makes these organisms incredibly special is that they have been cut off for billions of years – far longer than any ...

Your toothbrushes and showerhead are bustling with life, according to a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiomes, showing that more than 600 different viruses are teeming around you ...

Each year, the ocean absorbs between 5 and 10 gigatons of atmospheric carbon through biological processes, thus playing a ...

Researchers have made significant strides in understanding bacterial photosynthesis by capturing high-resolution images of ...

A sealed rock fracture almost 50 feet below ground has remained home to microbes for the last 2 billion years—the oldest life ...

Scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery that could change our understanding of how life evolved on Earth. They found ...