Single-celled organisms that group together can generate stronger water currents to pull in food, a benefit that may have ...

Discover the evolution of bacteria through machine learning, DNA comparisons, and the Great Oxidation Event 2.4 billion years ...

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

Bacteria consist of a single cell. They do not have bones and are not like big animals that leave clear signs in the ...

One thing geology teaches us about is the existence of another monumental event in the history of Earth, 2.4 billion years ...

Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

A study appearing Monday, March 31 in Nature Physics presents a striking example of cooperative organization among cells as a ...

The stentor’s multicellular-like behavior could be used as a model system to help understand how life evolved from single-cell organisms to complex organisms like humans — made up of trillions of ...

Venom isn’t just a feature of some animals; it’s found across the living world, from plants and fungi to bacteria and viruses ...