Lichens grow in a wide range of shapes and forms. Does their ability to resist UV radiation suggest how microbes might ...

The Scope of Biology Biology is the study of living organisms, their structure, function, growth, evolution and their interactions with the environment. It covers all life forms.

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For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

The being in question is a microbe called Sukunaarchaeum mirabile. Preliminary research says it stretches the definition of ...

What is the largest organism? Until a few years ago, Oregon's "humongous fungus" was considered the world's largest organism. Now, some experts aren't so sure.

Squamellaria plants grow special structures to host the ants they symbiotically rely on for nutrients. Distinct compartments ...

Whether it’s work, relationships, a volatile economy, wars overseas, political divisiveness, climate change, ...

As summer kicks into full gear and people are spending more time outside, there's one thing on many people's minds - ticks.

Enzymes catalyze chemical reactions in organisms - without which life would not be possible. Leveraging AlphaFold2 artificial ...

Researchers sequenced the knotty sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing a missing gene that many other animals ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...