In the frozen reaches of the planet—glaciers, mountaintops, and icy groundwater—scientists have uncovered strange ...

Imagine the magnificent glaciers of Greenland, the eternal snow of the Tibetan high mountains, and the permanently ice-cold ...

If an intestinal inhabitant such as the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) becomes resistant to many antibiotics, it can ...

Research shows gut microbiome could help eliminate persistent PFAS that linger in bodies for years, as scientists work to ...

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

Scientists are just beginning to understand the microbes that have been with us for millennia — the so-called microbiome, ...

Octopuses don’t think like we do. In fact, most of their neurons aren’t in their brains at all. Instead, they’re spread ...

Microbes—from deep in the ocean to the slime inside your AC—might play a key role in our fight against climate change.

Researchers have found a natural mouthwash that seems to kill off nasty germs while nurturing friendly microbes.

Advanced treatments, known as immunotherapies that activate T cells—our body's immune cells—to eliminate cancer cells, have ...

Merging synthetic organic chemistry and biotechnology, researchers have engineered Escherichia coli that can synthesize small ...