Scientists have debated where Prototaxites belong in the tree of life for over a century, but now a new study suggests it ...

A research team of the Cluster at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology—Hans Knöll ...

The research indicates that the limitations on the size of proteins has been a crucial trigger in the development of life ...

Previously believed to be plant or fungi, these giant organisms may have been a now-extinct fourth type of life.

Long-term studies at Georgia Tech and beyond show that evolution is happening right now. They capture the rise of new species ...

A new suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to ...

Predator-prey relationships are found in virtually all ecosystems. Even microorganisms in their world, which is invisible to the naked eye, engage in these interactions when fighting for the survival ...

In a recent study, researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they ...

Plant cells are surrounded by an intricately structured protective coat called the cell wall. It’s built of cellulose ...

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

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

In fact, why and how multicellular life evolved has long puzzled biologists. The first known instance of multicellularity was about 2.5 billion years ago, when marine cells (cyanobacteria ...