Yuchen Geng and Arpita Bose consider the invisible foundation of life, explaining why microbes must be included in ...

Most microbes either help human health or do not affect people’s health one way or the other. Of the millions of types of microbes in the world, only a few make us sick. Microbes are organisms that ...

Take a typical fish out of the water and it won't live long. It gets the oxygen it needs from the water it swims in. In a ...

Scientists are storing backup copies of the bacteria, viruses, archaea, protists, and fungi that keep our planet healthy ...

Earth’s crust teems with subterranean life that we are only now beginning to understand. Credit...Illustration by Brian Rea. Animation By Delcan & Co. Supported by By Ferris Jabr Ferris Jabr is a ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability ...

Microbes are usually cast as villains, yet most of the microscopic life on and around us is quietly keeping us alive. From the bacteria lining your gut to the organisms drifting in city air, these ...