Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cryptobiotic soil crust in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, requires microorganisms living in these crusts to help hold the soil ...

The bacteria that cause deadly anthrax disease persist in the earth, a place their ancestors preferred over petri dishes and ...

A Caltech-led study published in Nature Microbiology found that drought drives elevated antibiotic resistance across soils ...

Certain types of microbes found in the human gut can absorb toxic “forever chemicals” from their surroundings, a study has found. When scientists introduced the microbes into the guts of mice to ...

The microbiome shapes development of insulin-producing cells in infancy, leading to long-term changes in metabolism and diabetes risk, new research in mice has found. The results could ultimately help ...

Tiny pieces of plastic, called microplastics, are showing up everywhere, even in the water in clouds, rain, and snow—and they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Asgard microbes were found in shallow coastal sediments off the coast of Uruguay. - Monika Naranjo-Shepard/Schmidt Ocean Institute ...

A study on wild northern cardinals shows that stress can change gut microbes and affect bird health in measurable ways.

In humans, it’s still unclear whether gut bacteria influence muscle strength or whether stronger, more active people simply ...