Bacteria - Page 15

October 21, 2015

Evidence of 3.5-billion-year-old bacterial ecosystems may be earliest sign of life on Earth

Scientists have discovered what may be the earliest sign of life on Earth. Remains of nearly 3.5-billion-year-old bacteria has been found in north-west Australia.

October 21, 2015

Life found thriving deep under ocean floor

Beneath the seafloor lives a vast and diverse array of microbes, chomping on carbon that constantly rains down from above and is continually buried by a never-ending downpour of debris some whale dung here, some dead plankton there.

October 21, 2015

Surprise! Life discovered inside deep-sea rocks

Towering rocks at the bottom of the ocean hold a surprising secret: Life

October 20, 2015

'Odd little creature' skips sex, eats DNA

The tiny, all-female bdelloid rotifers have endured the past 80 million years without sex.

October 20, 2015

Fungus among us? Mold fears for space station cargo ship

The robotic European cargo ship Albert Einstein was opened Tuesday morning at the International Space Station -- a day late because of concerns that mold may have grown inside the vehicle, NASA officials said.

January 13, 2015

Tiny terrors: The mini monsters among us

When viewed up close beneath the unblinking eye of the microscope, the tiniest mites and most harmless of insects become terrifying beasts to haunt your dreams.