We spend around 90 percent of our lives indoors. But what you might not realize while you’re cozied up at home is that you don’t just share your space with your family or pets — you also share it with ...

A global effort to create a "microbial Noah's Ark" to preserve the world's diverse collection of healthy microbes before they disappear is now entering an active growth phase. Subscribe to our ...

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 ...

Eve Handley dives into the world of microbes, exploring their essential role in maintaining ecosystem health, and the urgent need to protect these organisms.

House-proud types may find this hard to process but "germier" homes can actually be great for our health. Although some bacteria and viruses are clearly bad news, the "vast majority of these microbes ...