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The ecosystem needs our help and that of our animal friends. Jump in to read about 9 animals that are types of decomposers!
Dr. Oliver Bäumchen at the University of Bayreuth and biologists led by Dr. Maike Lorenz at the Culture Collection of Algae at Göttingen University has published a step-by-step guide for the reliable ...
A team of biophysicists has published a step-by-step guide for the reliable cultivation of the unicellular green alga ...
The microfossil, discovered at Loch Torridon, contains two distinct cell types and could be the earliest example of complex multicellularity ... within a multicellular mass—existed in unicellular ...
Biofilms, then, are somehow both unicellular and multicellular — and simultaneously ... as a solo endeavor evolved to work cooperatively as a collective — another example of emergence. “The ...
Certain types of fungi, viruses, and unicellular organisms without brains (or even nervous systems ... The disease known as rabies, for example, caused by the virus RABV in the Lyssavirus genus and ...
Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone ...
Animals with ultraviolet color patterns can be found all over nature. Here’s what we know about what purpose these patterns ...
With Live Stock and Dead Things, Hannah Chazin challenges familiar narratives.
The footprints of a reptile-like creature appear to have been laid down around 356 million years ago, pushing back the ...