A study led by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Professor Alexandre Rosado has revealed an unusual microbial world in the Hatiba Mons hydrothermal vent fields of the central ...

Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes. By Carl Zimmer Hundreds of scientists have joined together to save a group of species from ...

Scientists collected up to 40,000-year-old microbes from the Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility in central Alaska and simulated increasingly warmer summers that may penetrate these deep, frozen ...

After the Allies successfully stormed Normandy in June of 1944, the troops continued to fight the Germans occupying the area for weeks. However, the British Army and the Canadian soldiers fighting ...

With so many coral reefs bleaching and pangolins being poached, it may seem tone-deaf to call for the conservation of species that are too small to see with the naked eye. But that’s exactly what the ...

Microbes essential for human health have proven resilient against the extreme forces of space travel, offering hope for maintaining astronaut well-being on future long-duration missions. Microbes ...

If one were dead set on dividing President Donald Trump's MAGA coalition at the seams, how would one proceed? Trying to drive a wedge through the immigration issue doesn't necessarily make sense: ...

Far beneath the icy Alaskan tundra, life lay dormant for tens of thousands of years. In ice-laden soil called permafrost, microbes of old slumbered in the dark, entombed with the mammoths and bison.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. At the US Army Corps of Engineers’ research facility in central ...

In a new study, a team of geologists and biologists led by CU Boulder resurrected ancient microbes that had been trapped in ice—in some cases for around 40,000 years. The study is a showcase of the ...

At the northern edge of Chile’s Atacama Desert sits a pile of rocks that’s so big that you can see it from space—and it’s teeming with invisible activity. Billions of microbes are hard at work ...