A new microscope just arrived at the International Space Station to help study life's adaptability under extreme conditions ...

Remarkable adaptations to toxins have already inspired the development of a gel to encapsulate cadmium so it can be safely ...

Rising temperatures could tip the scale in an underground battle that has raged for millennia. In the soils of Earth's ...

Despite it all, there’s a thriving miniature ecosystem of billions of microbes just atop the sediment. What’s more, ...

Warming temperatures can ramp up the activity of methane-producing bacteria in wetland soils, adding to methane emissions.

Having higher numbers of particular gut microbes might put you at a higher risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), a new ...

The latest warnings mean seven beaches from Pass Christian to Gulfport now have higher-than-normal bacteria levels, including ...

Microbes in the Gowanus sediment have evolved methods of coping with and even subsisting off of the contamination, according ...

Understanding how bacteria form communities on surfaces, including biofilms, has significant implications for both health and ...

A genomic study of gut microbes during antibiotic use finds selective sweeps in a DNA gyrase gene that drive resistance.

The microbes that were in the deep soil samples were also found ... "I believe this occurred because the deep soil is such a different environment, and this group of organisms has evolved over a long ...