A six-year analysis of marine microbes in coastal California waters has overturned long-held assumptions about how the ...

By Sean Mowbray Invisible in their trillions, microbes dwell in our bodies, grow in soils, live on trees and are integral to ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in collaboration with the University of the Virgin Islands ...

The microbiome of infants is shaped by social relationships from an early age and not only by family sources, finds a recent ...

Human breast milk contains its own microbial ecosystem, and new research suggests these microbes may help seed an infant’s gut. Most discussions of breast milk highlight nutrients, antibodies, and the ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Metagenomic sequencing of tree bark microbiota indicated their ability to process some atmospheric gases, highlighting their ...

Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that ...

The bacteria could contaminate space ...

The microbes living in sourdough starters don’t just appear by chance—they’re shaped by what bakers feed them. New research ...