Researchers are calling for the conservation of teeny tiny organisms that normally get overlooked, and conservationists are ...

At the US Army Corps of Engineers’ research facility in central Alaska, a unique tunnel descends underground. Measuring over ...

Deep below the surface of some of the planet’s northernmost wilderness, the soil and rock has been frozen for millions of years. It’s called permafrost, and in central Alaska just south of the Arctic ...

Previous experiments on board the International Space Station (ISS) have shown that certain types of bacteria can survive in ...

The permafrost was a unique way in which the past was preserved, and the thawing ice could reveal several beings of the past, ...

They feast on bubbles of methane seeping out of the ocean floor. Could their appetites be harnessed to slow climate change?

Ancient microbes frozen in Arctic permafrost are waking up as the Earth warms, releasing gases that could speed up climate ...

A world-first study has proven microbes essential for human health can survive the extreme forces of space launch. The study ...

Scientists have discovered that bacteria living inside tumors can produce a molecule that fights cancer and enhances chemotherapy. The molecule, called 2-methylisocitrate (2-MiCit), was found to make ...