If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be ...

For many years, the deep ocean has been seen as a nutrient-poor environment where microbes living in the water survive on ...

Microbes could help oak trees cope with environmental change. Publishing in Cell Host & Microbe, a study observing oaks ...

Microbes move across the planet, linking ecosystems and spreading genes that shape antibiotic resistance, health, and ...

In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a ...

Farmers now have more reasons to consider rotating their crops, University of Alberta research shows. Widely used to restore ...

Methane is one of the most powerful greenhouse gases, warming the planet far faster than carbon dioxide over the short term.

By analyzing tens of thousands of global microbiome samples, researchers identified rare generalist microbes that survive across vastly different habitats. <br /> ...

Soil microbes remain highly active beneath winter snow, driving complex nitrogen recycling that fuels spring plant growth.

Oxygen fills the air today, but for most of Earth’s early history it barely existed. Scientists say the atmosphere did not hold steady oxygen until about 2.

Despite the fact that 68% of the world’s population has trouble digesting lactose, a naturally occurring milk sugar, global ...