Conserving the microbes in coral reefs, for example, could greatly benefit the people who live near them. Healthy coral reefs ...

In the cold silence beneath Alaska’s frozen ground, inside a 350-foot tunnel carved through the permafrost near Fairbanks, ...

Scientists just discovered a new phylum of microbes in Earth’s Critical Zone. The Critical Zone—also known as the planet’s “living skin”—is responsible for processes like water filtration. The newly ...