Underground environments like soil and aquifers teem with microbial life. These tiny microbes play a big role in cycling ...

We already knew forests were heavy lifters in reducing climate pollution. New research reveals the tiny microbes in tree bark ...

Researchers find that microbes on tree bark can alter greenhouse and toxic gases, shaping climate and air quality beyond ...

Raymond Culbertson. We all know trees are climate heroes. They pull carbon dioxide out of the air, release the oxygen we ...

Among the trillions of microbes that live in the gut, one obscure bacterium has suddenly become a star of obesity research.

In order to understand the massive changes afoot in the warming polar regions, oceanographer Allison Fong is hunting for the ...

Scientists are uncovering a hidden ally in the fight against climate change and air pollution: the microscopic communities ...

It’s prudent to pack prescription or over-the-counter medicine for nausea, heartburn, diarrhea, constipation or other ...

New method reveals chemical signs of early microbial life in ancient Earth rocks, showing photosynthesis evolved much earlier ...

Among healthy adults, inhaling wood smoke for 2 hours negatively impacted the lung microbiome by raising the amount of ...

When oxygen disappears, most fish suffocate. This one ferments its own metabolism and waits months for spring beneath frozen ...