Titan may seem like a prime candidate for alien life with its organic-rich surface and deep subsurface ocean, but new ...

The discharge of an estimated 67,500 gallons of stormwater and sewage was discovered Saturday morning during a Deal Lake ...

For centuries, sailors have reported the eerie glow of "milky seas" — vast areas of ocean that shine at night like a soft ...

A recent study published in Cell01479-X)sheds light on the incredible adaptability of microbes living in the hadal zone—the deepest part of the ocean, marked by immense pressure, near-freezing ...

Girguis, a professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, specializes in biochemistry and ecological physiology ...

The microbes they discovered appeared to rely on one of two survival strategies. Some microbes had smaller, streamlined genomes built for efficiency. These organisms had evolved specialized ...

When the Kīlauea Volcano erupted in May 2018, an enormous amount of ash was released into the atmosphere in a plume nearly ...

Most are unicellular, but with features that disqualify them from grouping with other types of life like animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and archaea. In the ocean, some protists function like ...

Scientists reveal the role of hidden microbes called Asgard archaea in the origins of complex life, challenging long-held views of evolution.

Biodegradable plastics, such as polylactic acid (PLA), were introduced as an alternative. However, PLA takes too long to ...

A team researched the moon's underground ocean, which is estimated to be approximately 480 kilometers beneath the surface, ...

During the swimming season, health officials test beaches in Ocean County weekly for Enterococci, a type of bacteria commonly found in feces of humans and animals. The bacteria is used as an ...