Soil bacteria may be far less self-sufficient than scientists have traditionally assumed. A large study of nearly 7,000 bacterial isolates...

A gut bacterium that shortens the lifespan of honeybees may nevertheless help them survive a potentially lethal infection. Researchers have...

A new study is drawing attention to a hidden twist in the climate system: warming may not simply reduce the...

A drug designed to calm inflammation may leave a measurable signature in the gut, even when it is not being...

Agriculture may soon gain a new line of defense against one of the most potent greenhouse gases ever released from...

A simple mouth rinse may carry molecular clues about cancers hidden deep in the digestive system. In a study published...

Depression is often described as a disorder of the brain, but a growing body of research is examining how closely...

Citizen science is moving into one of biology’s most complex frontiers: the human microbiome, the vast community of bacteria, archaea,...

Scanning electron microscopy has long offered microbiologists an exceptionally detailed view of bacterial surfaces, but the instrument’s vacuum environment creates...

Researchers from Lanzhou University have uncovered a vast bacterial network linking the atmosphere, glaciers, rivers, lakes, and soils of the...