Well-known microbes that grow on our crops, our gardens, even our skin have been found thriving at two to three times the ...

Life thrived in the impact crater for 8 million years, far longer than previous studies suggested.

A team of international researchers has uncovered new evidence that the Chicxulub meteorite impact, ...

The ratio of water to microbial life in fog rivals that of oceans and lakes, new research has found. Sounds gross, but it's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A submersible, which travels to the seafloor to collect rock and microbe samples, is lifted by the arm of a research vessel. James ...

Sift through your memories and excavate an image of a fossil. Maybe you’re picturing dinosaur bones, the imprint of an ammonite, or the fronds of a fern etched into stone. But there’s a whole other ...

When humans need more Vitamin B12—a nutrient that makes healthy red blood cells and turns food into energy—we can get it by taking a supplement or eating fish. But what about ocean life, including the ...

It's tiny and needy, but is it alive? That's a question prompted by recent research that highlights a surprisingly complex part of biology. The organism in question is a microbe called Sukunaarchaeum ...

Beneath our feet, beyond the reach of sunlight, and buried in the most unforgiving corners of the planet, an unseen world thrives. Though these environments may seem desolate, and devoid of warmth, ...