Viruses play a far more active role in Earth's carbon cycle than previously understood, according to new research that reveals how they infect and control microbes responsible for carbon production in ...

Living things degrade, die, and decompose. Even when we turn plant and animal material into furniture or clothes, the process ...

Plastics are everywhere, and evidence is accumulating that they can affect our mood and cognition. The solution may lie in ...

Heat stress from marine heat waves can create a toxic relationship between seagrasses and a hidden ecosystem of bacteria, ...

Integrated gut microbiome and plasma metabolomics profiling identified distinct microbial and metabolic signatures in people ...

Heavy metal pollution from mining and industrial activities continues to threaten soils, ecosystems, and human health ...

Scientists are uncovering surprising links between aging and the trillions of microbes living in the human gut.

Intensive pumping may be carrying young carbon into deep water wells and increasing hidden risks of arsenic contamination.

Researchers have developed a powerful new tool that can track how microbes spread between people with unprecedented precision, offering new ways to prevent infections and improve treatments based on ...

Researchers have launched the first coordinated plan to protect microbial biodiversity, calling attention to the “invisible 99% of life” that drives essential Earth systems. The IUCN has formally ...

The "hydrogenobody" is an organelle inside certain microorganisms that live in a special stomach chamber in cattle, sheep and ...