A new study, published in IMA Fungus, reveals that lichens not only survive but also function in environments similar to those on the red planet. Such a discovery flies in the face of previously-held ...

Microbial organisms dominate life on Earth, but tracing their early history and evolution is difficult because they rarely ...

There is no one-size-fits-all remedy for toxic blooms of blue-green algae, according to researchers at the Swiss Federal ...

The Swiss stock market opened in the red on Thursday, following the announcement of import tariffs imposed by the US.

Earth's oceans may have displayed a very different color several billion years ago. This hypothesis emerges from a recent ...

A field known as synthetic biology has become one of the most highly anticipated in science. Its outputs range from golden ...

The earliest lifeforms, cyanobacteria, appeared around 4 billion years ago. These organisms, now known as algae, were among ...

About 70% of the Earth's surface is covered by marine ecosystems. Byestimates According to marine biologists, the biomass of microorganisms is about 9 ...

Everyone knows the Earth has constantly evolved over the course of billions of years, and the natural landscapes we see today ...

Ancient oceans, which were heavy on iron, interacted differently with light wavelengths, retracting green light into the ...

But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that ...