The fluid dynamics of cooperative feeding may have sparked single cells to assemble into complex, multicellular life, as ...

as well as microscopic life forms such as Hydra, water bears, and different types of algae. The importance of magnification in studying these organisms is emphasized, revealing the intricate ...

The first-ever synthetic multicellular organism is ready to come to life after a Sydney breakthrough 10 years in the making.

Researchers found that cooperative fluid dynamics between single-celled organisms may have driven the evolution of ...

Humans like to think that being multicellular (and bigger) is a definite advantage, even though 80% of life on Earth consists ...

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

Could these hypothetical organisms wreak havoc on the world if biologists manage to create them? After a collective of scientists called for a worldwide debate in 'Science,' Le Monde took stock of ...

In fact, why and how multicellular life evolved ... such as bacteria, with its cilia-lined mouth. In the lab, the scientists noted, when Stentors are dropped into a dish of pond water, they ...

A gift made this week in memory of an 11-year-old naturalist from rural Lake Mills will further the research of one of her ...