Milky seas are a rare bioluminescent phenomenon where vast areas of the ocean glow at night, sometimes for months. This glow, ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. A single, microscopic bacterium divides and expands ... Chimileski continues to uncover the hidden beauty and complex behaviors of bacteria, ...

A deep-sea bacteria could be the answer to cleaning up decades-old oil spills in weeks After a disastrous deep-sea oil spill, a bacteria was discovered at great ocean depths, feasting on the oil.

Researchers have discovered mysterious new microbes that colonize the microscopic world inside our mouths and ... The research team examined one type of obelisk that had colonized bacteria found on ...

Which explores microscopic lifeforms in New York City ... Each strand is an oscillating colony of bacteria. These diatoms are in another NYC pond. They're cells of algae inside tiny glass houses ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, researchers show that the emergence of resistance can be understood in the ...

Tiny magnetic bacteria that live in tightly bound groups are showing scientists how life might have evolved complex, multicellular forms. These rare bacteria can’t survive alone – they depend on one ...

The storms can also bring more microscopic threats. Following Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Florida saw a marked rise of the Vibrio bacteria in the floodwaters. The country's septic infrastructure ...

The microscopic shards of plastic found in every corner of the planet may be exacerbating antibiotic resistance, a new study has found. Bacteria exposed to these ubiquitous fragments, known as ...

Let’s face it — the thought of trillions of bacteria partying inside your intestines isn’t exactly dinner table conversation. But what if I told you these microscopic roommates might be ...

In the future, one of these might serve a new function: microscopic in-house pharmacist. A new study published Feb. 18 in Nature Biotechnology shows how gut bacteria can be directed to produce and ...