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Previously unseen bacteria have been discovered inside beached pygmy sperm whales, baffling scientists due to their potential ...

Animal life is extraordinarily diverse and complex, having colonized almost all environments on Earth—from hostile ...

A microorganism whose evolutionary roots can be traced to the era of the first multicellular animals may provide a glimpse of how single-celled organisms made a critical evolutionary leap. In ...

Human microbiome research is a blossoming field of study, shedding light on the millions of microbes living within us — ...

Yuchen Geng and Arpita Bose consider the invisible foundation of life, explaining why microbes must be included in ...

In a new study, Northwestern University neurobiologists discovered that gut bacteria and the nose work together to shape ...

Microbes are usually cast as villains, yet most of the microscopic life on and around us is quietly keeping us alive. From the bacteria lining your gut to the organisms drifting in city air, these ...

We share the world with myriad creatures from microbes to plants to other animals, and it's been said that we are all ...