Our most plausible creature is the large blood-sucking tick. On Earth, the deer tick Ixodes do swell to the size of a walnut ...

Thermophiles thrive in hydrothermal features where scalding temperatures would burn other life. What can we learn from the ...

Footage from the Tiangong space station shows Shenzhou 18 crew members — commander Ye Guangfu and cremates Li Cong and Li Guangsu — engaged in research on the adaptability of anaerobic archaea. The ...

Scientists analyze 4.3 billion dipeptides across species to trace genetic code evolution and early protein development.

They derive their energy from differences in the concentration of hydrogen ions across some of these membranes ...

The range of lifestyles, forms and patterns that characterize life are staggering in their variety, which rivets the eye and ...

Scientists have, for the first time, pinned down exactly when microbes colonized a meteorite impact crater. The team shows ...

Soil biogeochemical processes play a critical role in regulating carbon, iron, and arsenic dynamics, with profound influences ...

From COVID-19 testing to replacing fossil fuels, Yellowstone’s ancient thermophiles play a key role in scientific advancement ...

Microbial enzymes have become indispensable tools in biotechnology due to their versatility, efficiency, and sustainability. Derived from bacteria, fungi, ...

The infection rate of one type of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales bacteria has risen by more than 460 percent in recent ...

Mushrooms may not be the first food that comes to mind when we imagine the diets of wild primates – or our early human ...