A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that some of Earth’s earliest complex organisms evolved a remarkable ...

A strategy that analyzes the structural properties of RNA could help identify regions that are promising targets for antiviral drugs.

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Thriving microbe communities living in the most-polluted spots in the US offer insight into how to clean up the mess of ...

Have you ever wondered how city life affects animals like frogs? A new study reveals that urban Túngara frog tadpoles develop ...

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Scientists reconstructed 500 million years of evolutionary history to reveal which came first: colorful signals or the color ...

Explore the emerging field of extremophile bioprospecting and learn how these extraordinary microbes are unlocking new possibilities in biotechnology.

Byline: Kaitlyn Gomez Imagine if scientists could reach back through time and recover the genetic blueprints of species that vanished thousands of years ago, then use those ancient instructions to ...

Humans are the only animal that lives in virtually every possible environment, from rainforests to deserts to tundra. This adaptability is a skill that long predates the modern ...

Matthew Shindell, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) Living in today’s age of ambitious robotic ... Any life found there would be evolutionarily adapted to its particular conditions – an idea ...

Genetic analyses suggest a kinship with Niallia circulans, a soil bacterium, but with specific adaptations. Challenges for future space missions The presence of microbes in space stations raises ...