Microbiome science has deep roots, centuries of fermentation practices, and decades of bacterial taxonomy, but its modern incarnation is only just maturing.

Elliot Lefkowitz, Ph.D. For the first time in its history, the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) will hold its annual meeting in Birmingham, Alabama, hosted by Elliot Lefkowitz, Ph ...

The latest addition is the Marine Organismal Body Size (MOBS) database, an open-access resource that—as its name implies—has ...

Soft corals, which are members of the class Octocorallia, are major components of marine ecosystems, including coral reefs.

Classification and taxonomy articles from across Nature Portfolio The discipline of classification and taxonomy involves the grouping of organisms into categories based on different properties ...

A troubling trend with global echoes and local implications By Dr Isuru U. Kariyawasam Senior Lecturer, Department of Botany, ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Soft corals in the West Philippine Sea and Benham Bank in the Philippine Rise, which are under threat from China, are among ...

Your Apple Watch or Fitbit may be a breeding ground for E. coli and staph bacteria. Here’s how to clean your fitness tracker Story by Jordyn Bradley • 11mo ...

Trade impulse clothing purchases for botanical dyes, upcycled apparel, creative mending, flexible sizing, and more ...

Bethany Kolody prepares water samples aboard the NOAAS Ronald H. Brown, during the P18 GO-SHIP voyage from Easter Island to Antarctica in the Sout ...

Environmental Sciences and Management Unit Professor Louis du Preez and herpetologist Vincent Carruthers have developed an ...