Some microbes happily thrive in unforgiving environments. An extremophile hunt is underway to leverage their resilience ...

In the grand tapestry of Earth’s ecosystems, it’s often the smallest beings that wield the most significant influence. From ...

With more than 600 dead pythons under her belt, Amy Siewe aka the "Python Huntress," is one of a handful of women among ...

For a long time, scientists depended on luck to find new proteins. In 1840, for example, Friedrich Ludwig Hünefeld, a German ...

Biofilms are conglomerates of bacteria and other organisms, which are feared in medicine as well as other areas because they ...

Our pets' mouths are filled with hundreds of species of bacteria, including some that are harmful to humans. When Julie McKenna arrived at the hospital in Mildura, Australia, in 2007, she could ...

A microscope (from the Greek: μικρός, mikrós, "small" and σκοπεῖν, skopeîn, "to look" or "see") is an instrument for viewing objects that are too small to be seen by the naked or ...