How understanding the gut can help veterinarians understand cognitive and behavioral health in dogs.

The gut microbiota is now considered a metabolic organ in the human body that consists of a variety of microorganisms, namely, bacteria, viruses, archaea, and fungi. The bulk of the human microbiome ...

Were there already viruses on Earth when the first living cells appeared billions of years ago? – Aayush A., age 16, India ...

A free lecture about the vital and continuing role of microbiomes, the first forms of life on planet Earth, will take place ...

“The evolutionary history of RNA viruses is at least as long, if not longer, than that of the cellular organisms,” wrote the authors. Often ignored is the third branch of life, archaea. Evolved during ...

Seeps on the deep seafloor naturally emit alkanes, which are pollutants that are potentially dangerous to life and act on global warming. Fortunately, the sediments around the seeps host microbes that ...

Archaea form one of the three domains of life; the others are bacteria and eukaryotes. A metagenomic CRISPR screening approach identifies an expansive diversity of viruses and mobile genetic ...

Rwanda is still grappling with its first outbreak of Marburg virus. A cousin to the Ebola virus, Marburg is one of the deadliest viruses known to science, with a fatality rate of about 88%.

The virus, which is transmitted via insect bite, seems to be reaching new areas, undergoing genetic changes, and may harm fetuses. This article first appeared in The Checkup, MIT Technology ...

A new study gets scientists closer to more fully understanding where viruses fit into the global ocean picture of cycling nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and, of particular interest ...