Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that ...

Trees are known for absorbing CO2. But microbes in their bark also absorb other climate-active gases, methane, hydrogen, and ...

In another, perhaps counterintuitive study, mice that had all their gut bacteria wiped out were protected from gaining as ...

We already knew forests were heavy lifters in reducing climate pollution. New research reveals the tiny microbes in tree bark ...

Metagenomic sequencing of tree bark microbiota indicated their ability to process some atmospheric gases, highlighting their ...

Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

Decomposition is essential to all ecosystems, both on land and in the ocean. In marine environments, decomposition and ...

This microbe can survive doses of radiation that would obliterate any other living thing. Here’s what this means for science ...

A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego, Mass General Brigham, and their colleagues have identified specific gut ...