This creature blurs the line between viruses and cells, exhibiting remarkable characteristics that push the boundaries of ...

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

A recent breakthrough in the world of microscopic life has scientists reevaluating the boundaries of cellular existence.

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

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

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

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

A newly discovered organism is blurring the lines between living and non-living.

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

Twenty new viruses have been discovered within bats in China, "raising urgent concerns" that these diseases might spill over ...

Put simply, a virus does not replicate or function independently. So by the biological definition, a virus cannot be categorised as a living organism.

Put simply, a virus does not replicate or function independently. So by the biological definition, a virus cannot be categorised as a living organism.