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Microbes

Polar deserts, such as Antarctica's Wright Valley, are some of the most extreme environments in the world.

The Mighty Antarctic Microbes That Survive on Air Alone

It turns out the “minimal nutritional requirements for life” are quite minimal indeed.

Jessica Leigh Hester December 19, 2017

A candid shot of your camel cricket roommate.

You Probably Share Your Home With at Least 100 Kinds of Bugs

And cleaning more often won't change a darned thing.

Natasha Frost November 10, 2017

Out, damned spot! Out, I say!—One, two.

Ancient Purple Scroll Stains Turn Out to Be Caused by Marine Microbes

A mystery from the Vatican Secret Archives, solved.

Eric Grundhauser September 7, 2017

Narrowleaf cottonwoods in Colorado.

For Trees to Migrate With Climate, They Need Help From Microbes

How we might help ecosystems adapt to the world we've created.

Kelsey Kennedy June 8, 2017

M.C. Escher, by <em>E. coli</em>.

These Images Were Made With E. Coli Bacteria

They take 18 hours to develop (grow).

Kelsey Kennedy May 23, 2017

These tubes represent the oldest evidence for life on Earth.

Found: Fossil Evidence of the Oldest Life on Earth

It is 3.7 BILLION years old.

Sarah Laskow March 1, 2017

Naica's crystal cave.

Found: 50,000-Year-Old Microbes Hiding in the Cave of the Crystals

They are a kind of "super life."

Sarah Laskow February 20, 2017

31 days of halloween

Watch These Microscopic Organisms Feast on a Dead Worm

A delightful meal for microbes.

Lauren Young October 14, 2016

Like Lucille Bluth, bacteria moms play favorites like crazy.

Savvy Bacteria Parents Distribute Damage Unevenly Among Their Children

Cara Giaimo February 5, 2016

FOUND: Desert Hot Spots Just for Microbes

Sarah Laskow January 20, 2016

Even in a Toxic Pit, There Is Life

Sarah Laskow May 7, 2015