As Earth enters an age of rapid ecological change, a quiet revolution is taking place in freezers chilled to -80°C.

Washington State University researchers have discovered how the bacteria that cause anaplasmosis and Lyme disease hijack ...

Anaerobic bacteria were among the first life forms on Earth and existed at a time when there was no oxygen in the atmosphere.

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

This newly found organism doesn’t act like a virus or a cell, and that could change everything we know about biology.

An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

A newly discovered organism is blurring the lines between living and non-living.