Tiny microbes may help explain a large mystery in the fossil record: why soft-bodied animals were once preserved surprisingly ...

When many echinoderms lose tissue, they can regenerate it, and many members of this animal group also show little cellular ...

A Mayo Clinic analysis of 1,364 cancer patients links distinct gut microbiome patterns to five cancer groups, early-onset ...

Gut bacteria may have accompanied humans for thousands of years, but many species are missing from industrialized populations ...

A new study published in PLOS ONE found some intriguing statistical links between bacteria on your tongue and how quickly we process information.

Bacteria living in people’s guts may preserve traces of journeys their ancestors made tens of thousands of years ago.

Steele Creek Park hosted its Wildlife Weekend event Saturday, inviting visitors to explore the ancient history and natural ...

Sophie Medlin, a dietitian who has been specializing in the colon for 20 years, has built habits that make it easy to eat gut ...

Could tiny microbes help humans settle on Mars? Scientists are exploring how engineered organisms might support future space missions.

UCSB and UCLA scientists use a rare nitrogen isotope signature to measure how microbes remove water pollution and balance the ...

The fossil record is biased. Because soft tissues like organs are very rarely preserved, paleontologists are left to piece together extinct life from the hard stuff (bones, shells, exoskeletons, ...

A simulated 8-degree heatwave in Lake Taihu mesocosms revealed that prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial communities follow ...