Natural History Museum scientist Laura Molares Moncayo studies microbial life in the Arctic. © James Bradley Laura Molares ...

With the discovery of ever more exoplanets—over 6,000 now—scientists, of course, want to know if they are habitable for life.

Early microbial exposures from maternal microbes, milk components, and the environment shape infant gut development and ...

A toxic red tide (Karenia brevis) bloom can make parts of the Gulf deadly to fish and shorebirds as well as marine mammals and sea turtles.

From a distance, Biosphere 2 emerges from the cacti and creosote of the Sonoran desert like a gleaming oasis, a colony of ...

Across a Swiss meadow and into its forested edges, the drone dragged a jumbo-size cotton swab from a 13-foot tether. Along its path, the moistened swab collected scraps of life: some combination of ...

Ancient hot springs in Japan reveal how microbes adapted to Earth’s first oxygen, offering insights into early life.

A safe rule of thumb is to toss anything that contains mayonnaise at the time of its expiration—especially if the jar has ...

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great Oxygenation Event.

One of those people was María Branyas Morera, from Spain. Between early 2023 and mid-2024, she held the title of the world’s ...

The recent announcement that scientists have spotted what they believe to be evidence suggesting ancient life on Mars seemed like the latest in an endless cycle of tantalizing hints followed by pleas ...

Scientists say they’ve found the cause of a marine epidemic more than 10 years after it started. What took so long?