Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica's ocean floor, including a bizarre pig-shaped creature.

Some species seem to live fast and die young. Others, though, “appear not to age,” says João Pedro de Magalhães, a molecular ...

Researchers have developed a method to extract living cells from feces that they say could help conservationists better understand the genetic diversity of wildlife — and in the long run, could be ...

In Antarctica's freezing depths, tiny creatures have mastered survival tactics that could unlock secrets to extreme cold resistance, with implications for science and medicine. Some of the most ...

When subjected to physical pressure, archaea - ancient single-celled organisms - form multicellular structures.

Lost Cousins Of Animals? Turns out, mushrooms might just be the undercover introverts of the animal kingdom — quietly hanging out with plants, but secretly vibing with us!

Archaea—one of the three primary domains of life alongside bacteria and eukaryotes—are often overlooked and sometimes ...

Induction of Multicellularity: When mechanically compressed, the salt-loving archaeon Haloferax volcanii can shift from being ...

In a lab at Queen Mary University of London, a mouse was born whose existence defied conventional biology. It carried within ...

The stem cells were created using a unicellular organism from a common ancestor predating animals. This remarkable achievement sheds light on the evolutionary origins of stem cell machinery and opens ...

A study from the Marine Biological Laboratory highlights how cooperative feeding by Stentor, a large unicellular organism, might have influenced the evolution of multicellular life. The research ...