For most organisms on Earth, rocks are objects, not food. But for one oddball microbe, desert limestone seems to have been on ...

Certain types of microbes found in the human gut can absorb toxic “forever chemicals” from their surroundings, a study has found. When scientists introduced the microbes into the guts of mice to ...

Perfectly adapted microorganisms live in extreme environments from deep-sea trenches to mountaintops. Learning more about how these extremophiles survive in hostile conditions could inform scientists ...

The microbiome shapes development of insulin-producing cells in infancy, leading to long-term changes in metabolism and diabetes risk, new research in mice has found. The results could ultimately help ...