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

When winter sets in and food becomes scarce, some mammals hibernate, entering a state of deep rest that slashes their energy needs and allows them to fast for months. However, fasting deprives them of ...

Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus ...

In an effort to explain how life started on Earth billions of years ago, some scientists have suggested that microbes — or ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors could be the key.

A super-tough microbe may be able to survive being blasted from Mars into space—opening the door to interplanetary life transfer.

Deep-sea waters are warming due to heat waves and climate change, and it could spell trouble for the oceans' delicate chemical and biological balance. However, a study published in Proceedings of the ...

Soil bacteria in ancient lama-bordo fields reveal bacteria capable of fertilizing crops and transforming sustainable rural agriculture.

Learn more about the microbes that consume plastic and how they could one day help clean up our ...