Researchers in Hong Kong and the UK have revealed how one species of self-propelling microbes can actively change the path of their swimming motions, depending on how much light they receive.

Scientists at UC Berkeley have discovered a microbe that bends one of biology’s most sacred rules. Instead of treating a specific three-letter DNA code as a clear “stop” signal, this methane-producing ...

Symbiotic bacteria living inside insect cells have the smallest genomes known for any organism. The findings further muddy the distinction between cellular organelles like mitochondria and the most ...

Bill Sullivan receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. People have long given up on the search for the Fountain of Youth, a mythical spring that could reverse aging. But for some ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones. By Carl Zimmer A flurry of new studies ...

For the first time since the “super” ghost orchid was discovered at Audubon Florida’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary nearly 20 years ago, the plant failed to flower. But, no worries, yet. “The fact that it ...

Microbes could help oak trees cope with environmental change. Publishing in Cell Host & Microbe, a study observing oaks growing in a natural woodland found that the trees' above- and below-ground ...

The newly redesigned and reopened Spurlino Foundation Discovery Center exhibit hall within the Blair Visitor Center has new interactive displays that can be seen, heard, and touched The Collier ...

A massive global study has uncovered a mysterious group of gut bacteria, called CAG-170, that keeps showing up in healthy people around the world. Credit: Stock A mysterious, hard-to-grow gut ...

The new Spurlino Foundation Discovery Center opened in January 2026 at Audubon’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. The 1,600-square-foot center, located at the Blair Visitor Center, features exhibits such as ...

Amid rising demand, miners are turning to biotech firms to help them squeeze more metal out of aging mines. In a pine forest on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the only active nickel mine in the US is ...

Scientists find microbes and bacteria in scorpion venom, previously thought to be a sterile environment. Courtesy of Andrey Tichonovskiy via Unsplash In late Jan., a team of researchers announced that ...