In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

The chemical basis of the lichen’s resistance lies in its UV-opaque cortex, a structural layer enriched with phenolic lichen ...

The animals we best know as fish food help to store millions of tons of carbon in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

Thriving microbe communities living in the most-polluted spots in the US offer insight into how to clean up the mess of ...

Australian microbe research is helping improve our understanding of the potential for life in extreme environments, offering ...

Even on Earth, organisms require different conditions to survive – there are no camels in Antarctica. By talking about specific organisms, we made the question easier to answer.

During a particularly hot afternoon in June, my staff and I were walking a shaded trail at Garden in the Woods in Framingham ...

Wageningen University researchers modeled climate responses of over 32,000 tree species under global warming scenarios.

In the frozen reaches of the planet—glaciers, mountaintops, and icy groundwater—scientists have uncovered strange ...