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

Ancient microbial activity preserved in wrinkled seafloor sediments challenges assumptions about where traces of early life ...

A sweeping genetic survey of Antarctic waters reveals a hidden microbial world with untold influence on Earth’s climate.

An Argentina lagoon turned a bright pink color caused by sodium sulfite, an anti-bacterial product used in fish factories - Copyright AFP Timur Matahari An Argentina ...

The Microbial Conservation Specialist Group convenes a global coalition of microbiologists, ecologists, traditional knowledge experts and conservation leaders to develop and advocate for conservation ...

What can volcanic sulfur on ancient Mars teach scientists about whether microbial life might have existed? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of ...

After a catastrophic asteroid impact 78 million years ago, life didn't just survive—it thrived, at least according to new research that provides the first direct evidence of microbial life ...

Over four years since it landed on Mars, NASA's Perseverance Rover might have made serious headway in its mission to find signs of ancient microbial life on the planet. Last July, the autonomous ...

The study of early Earth microbial life and its associated organic matter provides crucial insights into the origins and evolution of life on our planet. Recent work has illuminated the remarkable ...

Deepwater rock wrinkles likely formed from chemosynthetic microbes, not just physical processes, reshaping assumptions about ...