Microbes across Earth's coldest regions are becoming more active as glaciers, permafrost and sea ice thaw, accelerating ...

In the weightlessness of space, bacteria acquired mutations in genes involved in the microbe's stress response and nutrient ...

Microbes that hitched a ride into orbit are not just surviving in space, they are changing in ways that give them startling ...

Scientists found that natural bacteria can eat methane, cut climate pollution, and turn waste gas into useful materials.

In tight spaces that trap most microbes, one bacterium keeps moving by reconfiguring how it swims, revealing a new biological ...

Some microbes can squeeze through tight spaces by wrapping themselves in their flagellum—the tail-like structure they use to ...

Learn more about the hunt for bacteria on Mars and how astronauts will need to make sure they aren't bringing any dormant ...

"It’s like a new world that we didn’t know existed before," one Eastern Connecticut State University researcher said.

Research shows that early exposure to everyday environmental microbes, through outdoor play, pets, and natural surroundings, helps train children’s immune systems and may lower the risk of allergies ...