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Scientists Discover First Lifeform Known to Eat Viruses
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoViruses are apparently no exception to the dog-eat-dog world that is nature. In a recent study,...
Molecular fossils open window on 'lost world' of primordial life
Reuters via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFossil remains of a cell membrane component identified in rocks dating back about 1.6 billion years...
Woman believes public swimming pool left her blind after contracting flesh-eating parasite
Yahoo Life UK· 7 months agoA woman says she was left blind in one eye after swimming at a public pool where she thinks she...
Loss of tiny organisms hurts ocean, fishing, scientists say
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe warming of the waters off the East Coast has come at an invisible, but very steep cost — the...
‘Small is mighty’: Shedd Aquarium spotlights plankton’s impact on aquatic ecosystems with vibrant,...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBehind closed doors at the Shedd Aquarium, green, orange and red water bubbles and gurgles in...
Recently awoken 46,000-year-old nematodes already have 100 generations of babies
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA scanning electron picture of a female Panagrolaimus kolymaensis nematode. A group of scientists...
Why These Ocean Pics Are Both Stunning and Terrifying
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLian FengPhytoplankton are possibly the most important lifeforms on the planet. Not only do these...
Underground microbes may have swarmed ancient Mars
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAncient Mars may have had an environment capable of harboring an underground world teeming with microscopic organisms, French scientists reported Monday....
There's way more tiny life on Earth than scientists had thought, study of coral reefs finds
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 12 months agoWith coral reefs in decline around the globe, scientists weren’t sure what they’d find during a...
What science says about your newly rotting jack-o'-lantern
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEach year more than $150 million worth of pumpkins are grown, and 98% of those pumpkins are used for...