An international team of scientists has analyzed the ongoing colonization by two retroviruses of the germline of koalas and ...

In cattle, sheep, goats, alpacas, llamas, deer, and similar ruminants, fermentation occurs in the foregut (rumen, C1, or pseudorumen). In monogastric or polygastric animals, these prebiotics are ...

Spacecraft are assembled in specialized “cleanrooms” that are designed to avoid contamination from dust and microorganisms.

The results of a recent study suggest that people with a weaker or more irregular body clock, also known as circadian rhythm, ...

There’s a sinister health threat we’re not taking seriously enough, a new paper argues – and it’s not a virus, bacterium, nor ...

A global catalog shows how creatures across the tree of life balance rigidity with flexibility in remarkably consistent ways ...

The human gastrointestinal tract houses roughly 100 trillion microorganisms (good bacteria). These microorganisms make up ...

A large study has revealed that dozens of widely used chemicals can damage beneficial gut bacteria. Many of these substances, ...

In the desert areas of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, research work has revealed unusual structures that are probably due to the activity of an unknown microbiological life form. Unusually small ...

Harvard researchers identified a new fossilized species of tardigrade — known as “water bears” — scientists reported in an Aug. 6 paper in “Communications Biology.” Researchers used confocal laser ...