The non-descript, pill-shaped cell is why we understand fundamental life processes (think DNA replication and transcription).

Size isn’t always visible. The largest living thing on Earth isn’t a giant animal or towering plant; it’s a hidden fungus sprawling beneath the soil of an American forest. Keep reading to know more ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

Pando is the largest living organism in the world, and it has 47,000 stems. All of these share the same DNA and sprout from the same shared root system. Altogether, Pando covers over 100 acres of ...

Guinness World Records classifies an Australian seagrass meadow as the largest living organism. The Shark Bay posidonia australis seagrass is 20,000 hectares — more than 49,400 acres.

A single organism. The mass of all the genetically identical trees weighs around 6,000 tons, which makes it, in terms of mass, the largest living thing on Earth .

Taxonomy isn’t just for living organisms, either. For example, the relationships between different dinosaurs can tell us about how they might have lived, while human taxonomy can give clues about ...