New research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution sheds light on the timelines and pathways of evolution of fungi, finding ...

Bacteria insert proteins into their outer membrane using a highly conserved apparatus known as the β-barrel assembly ...

Fungi may have shaped Earth’s landscapes long before plants appeared. By combining rare gene transfers with fossil evidence, researchers have traced fungal origins back nearly a billion years earlier ...

At first glance, plants may seem passive – but beneath their stillness lies a world of complexity and constant activity.

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysed chemical fossils from more than 541 million years ago.

A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth ...

At 11 feet (3.4m) tall and nearly 27 feet (8.2m) long, Cooper’s pointy-backed herbivore – affectionately known as Apex – is ...

MIT geochemists offer compelling evidence that ancient sea sponges were Earth's first animals, emerging over 541 million ...

Covering half of North America, the U.S. electric grid functions somewhat like a vast, complex organism. Researchers at the ...

Bacteriophages designed with AI kill E. coli faster than a well-studied strain, but the tech needs regulation before moving beyond lab dishes.

In the iron-rich hot springs of Japan, scientists are uncovering secrets of early Earth by studying microbial life forms that ...

Beneath the Arctic’s frozen surface, tiny algae are defying the rules of biology. Their survival strategy not only redefines ...