Microbes Were Once Responsible for the Biggest Mass Extinction Ever Experienced by Earth, Claim Researchers For most people, microbes are associated with diseases, but a team of researchers says these ...

Perched in the near vacuum of low-Earth orbit, it’s been home to some 270 people and a variety of animal guests—plus the microbes that hitched a ride to space on the bodies of those residents.

Experts say the virus could become a larger problem if it gets passed to endangered whooping cranes Sarah Kuta Humans have evolved alongside microbes in Earth's environment that help strengthen ...