For a long time, microbes like the ones in Yellowstone's hot springs were studied in isolation. Molecular ecologist Devaki Bhaya says we should be... The colorful community of microbes hiding in ...

Illustration of an icy exoplanet. An international team of researchers have created a color catalog of 80 microorganisms which thrive in icy environments on the Earth's surface which could be used in ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) -- The National Science Foundation is providing $5 million for a five-year study into the colorful mats of microbes that congregate around the park's hot springs ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – An exoplanet with dense or even total cloud cover could help astronomers searching for signs of life beyond our planet. Cornell University researchers have created the first reflectance ...

There are microbial communities thriving at the depths of Antarctic lakes where conditions are so harsh, very little else can survive. Researchers are now learning more about unusual formations made ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A new technique using bacteria that lights up so it is easy to spot could help better detect pollution from oil spills and other environmental leakage, researchers in Switzerland ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK (AP) - The National Science Foundation is funding a five-year study to research the colorful mats of microbes that congregate around the park's hot springs and geysers. The ...