A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

Most major biological molecules, including all proteins, DNA and RNA, point in one direction or another. In other words, they ...

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

A new chemotaxis-based method could revolutionize the search for extraterrestrial life by detecting microbes movement on Mars ...

MSU scientists studied microbes in Yellowstone hot springs to understand how life adapted to increasing oxygen levels.

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

Finding life in outer space is one of the great endeavors of humankind. One approach is to find motile microorganisms that ...

Finding life on another planet would be a world-changing discovery for humanity. But actually detecting it is no simple task.

Deep subsurface microbes are highly diverse, challenging assumptions about life in low-energy environments. This discovery ...

Darwin's theory of natural selection provides an explanation for why organisms develop traits that help them survive and reproduce.

The surface of our Earth is wriggling with life: it's the defining feature of our planet, which, far as we know, makes it ...