In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a ...

When snow blankets the landscape, it may seem like life slows down. But beneath the surface, an entire world of activity is ...

Scientists found that natural bacteria can eat methane, cut climate pollution, and turn waste gas into useful materials.

A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ...

The microbes living in sourdough starters don’t just appear by chance—they’re shaped by what bakers feed them. New research ...

Marine microbes cooperate far more than they compete, reshaping how scientists understand ocean ecosystems and climate ...

Despite the fact that 68% of the world’s population has trouble digesting lactose, a naturally occurring milk sugar, global ...

Every meal you eat feeds more than just you. The trillions of microbes in your gut thrive—or suffer—depending on what’s on ...

A box full of viruses and bacteria has completed its return trip to the International Space Station, and the changes these 'bugs' experienced in their travels could help us Earthlings tackle ...

Methane-eating microbes could help convert one of the most powerful greenhouse gases into useful ...

An international review shows warming boosts microbial metabolism in thawing polar and alpine soils, accelerating breakdown ...

In Earth's highly radioactive hotspots, life can get pretty strange – from fungus that seems to thrive to an explosion of ...