All life shares a single root buried deep in Earth’s past. Its name? Asgard, and it rewrites what we thought we knew.

Scientists have identified a microbe capable of interpreting a single piece of genetic code in two completely different ways.

The origin of eukaryotes traced from Asgard archaea, revealing how complex cells evolved and led to animals, plants and ...

Biologists are confronting a problem they thought they had mostly solved: what, exactly, counts as life. A wave of ...

Researchers discover a unique genetic code in Antarctic archaea that encodes a rare amino acid, potentially advancing protein ...

Biologists mapping the human body have long assumed that every major kind of microscopic life inside us already had a place on the tree of life. The discovery of strange RNA-based entities called ...

The biological world is always expanding as research is constantly being done. Because of this, many findings often fall under the radar despite having the potential to change the world. Here are some ...

BP Plc unit Archaea Energy Inc. and its founders plan to end a corporate looting case by paying $55 million and selling another affiliate, Noble Environmental Inc. The agreement disclosed Tuesday ...

Several round plastic containers rest on a surface, and each contains a small, striped frog. Juvenile Australian southern corroboree frogs at the University of Melbourne laboratories Credit: Tiffany ...

At the end of its life, the phoenix goes out in style. With a loud cry, the crimson bird bursts into flames. Then from a pile of ash, a baby bird pokes out its tiny head. The phoenix has burned, but ...

A first look into the molecular defenses of archaea highlights the importance of surveying diverse microbes to discover new types of antimicrobials As bacteria become increasingly resistant to ...