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

Can photography grow roots? This artist doesn't just document nature, she collaborates with it.

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A thin layer found in the top few centimeters of soil plays a big role in its ecology. Biocrust is built, maintained and ...

Earth's earliest life forms developed ways to survive the harmful effects of arsenic to cope with dramatic changes in their ...

Earth’s Biggest Organism: 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.

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Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more ...

Scientists have discovered Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a unique archaeon residing within marine plankton, challenging traditional definitions of life. Th ...

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Two local high schoolers attending the OKStars Summer Research Program each discovered a presumptive new species of microbe.