An international research team led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen and the ...

Why do some individuals live longer than others? Even identical twins have different lifespans, as do genetically identical model organisms raised in controlled laboratory environments. What then ...

Floating gracefully across tropical oceans with its translucent blue sail catching the wind, the Portuguese Man O’ War presents a deceptively beautiful but dangerous presence. Despite its ...

The bristlecone pine tree is the world's oldest living non-clonal organism. This one grows in California's White Mountains. (Kat Kerlin/UC Davis) What can the world’s longest living individual teach ...

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An electron microscopy image of multicellular magnetotactic bacteria that featured on the covers of the 2022 edition of The ISME Journal. The image was produced by Schaible and co-workers under the ...

Single-celled organisms that group together can generate stronger water currents to pull in food, a benefit that may have encouraged early life forms to assemble into colonies, according to a new ...

It probably feels obvious that having a close friend can influence your well-being. But do the groups that you’re a part of also affect your well-being? For example, does the culture of your work ...

Many ants, bees, termites and wasps form societies in which members belong to social groups (castes) with different roles, such as reproduction or foraging. The individual living things – organisms – ...