Underground environments like soil and aquifers teem with microbial life. These tiny microbes play a big role in cycling ...

Wits scientists have identified a "microbial watchlist" of bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites that could cause cancer.

Newly discovered mechanism by which oral bacteria affect gut health coincides with worsening liver health in patients with ...

Some people get drunk without drinking because their gut bacteria produce alcohol from food. Researchers have now identified ...

Veronika the cow uses a brush as a tool to scratch herself, revealing rare problem-solving skills and expanding what we know ...

Cash carries dangerous, sometimes life-threatening bacteria as it passes through countless hands and contaminated ...

Probiotics are microbes that pacify your immune system and prevent the collateral damage from an overactive inflammatory ...

Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

Researchers from the University of Chicago, with collaborators at the University of Minnesota and Oklahoma University Health ...

Carnivorous plants look like botanical oddities, but their behavior is not a gimmick. It is a precise evolutionary solution ...

Scientists have confirmed in the largest study of its kind that bacteria, not fungi, are the major culprit in auto-brewery ...

Not only do you get the benefit of having these cute animals visit more frequently, but you're also providing hummingbirds ...