Who doesn’t love beautifully hued clothing? Well, how about Mother Nature? But can you blame her? Industrial dyes are ...

Microscopic organisms are being deployed to capture methane from sources such as farms and landfills, with the potential for ...

For a long time, microbes like the ones in Yellowstone's hot springs were studied in isolation. Molecular ecologist Devaki Bhaya says we should be... The colorful community of microbes hiding in ...

A remarkable advancement in microbial engineering has put a previously obscure natural pigment in the spotlight. If you’ve ...

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) -- The National Science Foundation is providing $5 million for a five-year study into the colorful mats of microbes that congregate around the park's hot springs ...

An international team of researchers of the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse" at the University of Jena has investigated the mechanism that makes some types of bacteria reflect light ...

There's a compound found in squid skin that they use to change color and protect their cells, but it could also help us fight ...

Imagine a creature about 1 million times smaller than you are, a creature so small that 1,000 of them could fit snugly on the head of a pin. Now imagine that it's your job to understand how they're ...