In subduction zones, the sites of the world's largest earthquakes, tectonic activity may generate a "pump" that transports ...

Scientists have long known that our skin is home to vast communities of bacteria, fungi and viruses. But knowing which ...

At first sight, stromatolites may seem unremarkable. The stromatolite formations found in Shark Bay, Western Australia, do ...

Scientists have discovered a hidden partnership between ancient microbes that may explain how complex life first evolved on ...

A new study shows that combining biochar with beneficial microbes can significantly speed up composting of municipal solid ...

With the help of the public, scientists mapped microbial life across 90% of U.S. watersheds by analyzing genetic data from approximately 100 rivers, creating the first comprehensive catalog of U.S.

AMES, Iowa – New research from an Iowa State University ecologist shows that agricultural inputs such as nitrogen and phosphorus alter soil microbial communities, which may have unintended ...

The organism, an early-evolving bacterium named Hydrogenobacter, thrives in the hydrothermal spring environments of Yellowstone National Park, which are rich in sulfur but have very low dissolved ...

Conservation biologists propose a daunting task: protecting Earth’s diversity of bacteria and other microbes. By Carl Zimmer Hundreds of scientists have joined together to save a group of species from ...