Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and does not rise above the horizon again until August. Without sunlight, ...

Bacteria living in Antarctica’s barren desert soils have developed a survival strategy that defies conventional biology: they ...

After her initial test run, she cultured a regular sample, as well as the shocked sample so she could compare them side by ...

Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests, one desert microbe, Deinococcus ...

Space-based experiments show fungi can efficiently extract valuable metals from meteorites in microgravity, advancing ...

New research suggests oysters may rely on hidden microbes to help build their shells and maintain chemistry as oceans grow ...

Scientists are trying to understand how complex life emerged on Earth about 2 billion years ago. Our microbial ancestors ...