Western modernization has triggered an “internal climate crisis” in the human gut. An ecological upheaval marked by ...

Using samples gathered from a permafrost tunnel north of Fairbanks, researchers have awakened microbes that were last active ...

A collaboration between scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the University of Greifswald in ...

Climate-driven oxygen loss in the Black Sea thousands of years ago triggered the expansion of microorganisms capable of ...

For more than half a century, the waters off the coast of Los Angeles have concealed one of America’s most persistent environmental mysteries: tens of thousands of rusting barrels dumped on the ...

Drugs taken years—even decades—ago can leave lasting imprints on the gut microbiome, reshaping the community of microbes long ...

Deep below the surface of some of the planet’s northernmost wilderness, the soil and rock has been frozen for millions of years. It’s called permafrost, and in central Alaska just south of the Arctic ...

Before the first hard frost, pick any remaining vegetables and herbs. Some crops like kale, carrots, and Brussels sprouts can ...

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

Ancient microbes thought extinct for 2 billion years are thriving in Japan’s hot springs, surviving in conditions resembling ...

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

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