The being in question is a microbe called Sukunaarchaeum mirabile. Preliminary research says it stretches the definition of ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

Scientists have discovered Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a unique archaeon residing within marine plankton, challenging traditional definitions of life. Th ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one ...

This newly found organism doesn’t act like a virus or a cell, and that could change everything we know about biology.

If symptoms are mild and subtle, all you can do is wait to see if the plant outgrows the exposure, since nothing can remedy the damage.

A tiny insect called a midge spreads the disease, and the earliest known case dates back to 1955 in a forest worker near a ...

A warming climate is driving a rise in Lyme disease and the introduction of lesser-known tick-borne diseases, public health ...

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

These resistant and powerful superbugs could then be passed to humans through swimming or other activities. The River Lugg in ...

Most Missouri counties aren't testing mosquitoes for West Nile, state officials said, which makes experts worry.

As of 17 June 2025, there have been over 4,000 confirmed cases of mpox and 25 deaths in Sierra Leone, raising the possibility ...