Microbes that flourish in boiling hydrothermal vents, bone-dry desert sediments, and radiation-blasted Antarctic rock are forcing scientists to rethink where life can and cannot exist. These ...

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

Bacteria riding on sinking ocean particles can erode the mineral ballast that helps those particles descend, slowing the delivery of carbon to the deep sea and potentially weakening one of the ...

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 ...

In some parts of the deep ocean, it can look like it's snowing. This "marine snow" is the dust and detritus that organisms slough off as they die and decompose. Marine snow can fall several kilometers ...

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 ...

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

Space-based experiments show fungi can efficiently extract valuable metals from meteorites in microgravity, advancing prospects for asteroid biomining and sustainable resource use. As humans look ...

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is among the most damaging pests affecting soybean crops around the world, with current ...

Scientists have identified why some gut microbes successfully stay in the gut after fecal transplants, while others are much more transient. The King's College London discovery could help make the ...