Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host their own microbiomes. In new research published this week, a team led by ...

Bacteria and other single-celled microorganisms in the seas around Antarctica are strongly influenced by water temperature ...

The night is cool, still, almost silky, and I could stay in this moment forever, but from a nearby boat I hear the guide urge ...

"Sinkholes are most common in what geologists call, 'karst terrain'," the US Geological Survey explains. "These are regions ...

Scientists' yearlong study on Antarctic microbial communities reveals how climate change alters bacterial and phytoplankton ...

Parasite evolution refers to the heritable genetic changes that a parasite accumulates during its life time, which can arise from adaptations in response to environmental changes or the immune ...

Wang et al show that the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa employs two distinct acyl-CoA dehydrogenases for β-oxidation. They identify the substrate selectivity filter in each enzyme, and show that ...

There’s a growing demand for professionals with skills in wildlife protection, biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management. This course will give you a solid scientific grounding in the science ...

The oceans represent 97% of all water on Earth and contain microscopic, drifting life, plankton, which drives global biogeochemical cycles. A major hurdle in assessing marine plankton is the planetary ...