Scientists discovered that wrinkled rocks in Morocco were formed by deep sea microbes that survived without sunlight.

Microbes have just pulled off a feat that sounds like science fiction, stripping valuable metals from a meteorite fragment ...

Across the coldest places on Earth, something quiet but powerful is happening beneath your feet and under the ice. As ...

Methane is one of the most powerful greenhouse gases, warming the planet far faster than carbon dioxide over the short term.

In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is nearing the end of its life. At a ...

If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be ...

Soil microbes remain highly active beneath winter snow, driving complex nitrogen recycling that fuels spring plant growth.

Microbes could help oak trees cope with environmental change. Publishing in Cell Host & Microbe, a study observing oaks ...

In winter sports, lugers slide at more than 90 miles per hour, hockey players send the puck zipping across the ice at 100 mph ...