It is possible that extremophile microbes lcould exist on icy moons and planets with conditions similar to subglacial waters ...

When winter sets in and food becomes scarce, some mammals hibernate, entering a state of deep rest that slashes their energy needs and allows them to fast for months. However, fasting deprives them of ...

The experiment began with a straightforward prediction: microbes from older mice would age young ovaries. But when the results came in, the data pointed the other way. In a new study in Nature Aging, ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus ...

Soil bacteria in ancient lama-bordo fields reveal bacteria capable of fertilizing crops and transforming sustainable rural agriculture.

Around 1.7 billion years ago, eukaryotes—the building blocks of complex life—first appeared on Earth, and now scientists have ...

For an oyster, creating an internal environment for calcification that forms its distinctive hard shell is essential. But new Harvard research has found that these bivalves may outsource the work, ...

A super-tough microbe may be able to survive being blasted from Mars into space—opening the door to interplanetary life transfer.

In an effort to explain how life started on Earth billions of years ago, some scientists have suggested that microbes — or ...

Researchers found that gut microbes may contribute to memory loss by disrupting signals between the intestine and the brain.