Oak trees change their fine roots and 'energise' soil microbes by supplying them with a cocktail of small organic compounds, all to supplement the ...

In conditions mimicking a future atmosphere, 180-year-old English oaks traded-off “do it yourself” ways to access nutrients ...

Pallets don't usually make headlines. But amid fresh controversy around the traditional July bonfires held in Northern ...

With the help of methane-munching-microbes, these translucent sea spiders gobble up a potent greenhouse gas to stay alive.

With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist James Holden will dedicate the next three years to “predicting” the nature of life on Europa.