Researchers are calling for the conservation of teeny tiny organisms that normally get overlooked, and conservationists are listening.

Microbes living with urban trees help them survive heat and pollution. Protecting these tiny organisms can make urban forests ...

Ancient hot springs in Japan reveal how microbes adapted to Earth’s first oxygen, offering insights into early life.

Urban trees are essential to the health of cities and their residents: they cool neighborhoods, filter pollution from the air ...

Researchers discovered a stunning, never-before-seen ecosystem in Antarctica's Lake Enigma Scientists have detected something ...

The algal blooms increasingly seen in Canadian lakes have been linked to both nutrient pollution from agricultural runoff and ...

Many alpine ecosystems are undergoing vegetation degradation because of global change, which is affecting ecosystem functioning and biodiversity. The ecological consequences of alpine pioneer ...

At the northern edge of Chile’s Atacama Desert sits a pile of rocks that’s so big that you can see it from space—and it’s ...

This illustration shows how elevation and nutrient variations along Shergyla Mountain influence soil microbial communities. While habitat generalists exhibit broad niche adaptation and are shaped by ...

Early microbial exposures from maternal microbes, milk components, and the environment shape infant gut development and ...