Caenorhabditis elegans is a species of nematode worm and is frequently chosen as a model organism to study human diseases. Image Credits: Heiti Paves / Shutterstock.com While not as sophisticated as a ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to be alive. Nestled inside a tiny plankton cell, researchers found a ...

While it may be defined as a single organism, Pando is anything but one—sustaining an entire world under its canopy. Here’s how it works. When you think of the world’s largest organism, you might ...

Over the past several years, scientists have repeatedly demonstrated that the cells of various organisms can be repurposed into biological robots, representing stunning advancements in the field of ...

Escherichia coli is a rod-shaped (bacillus) Gram-negative bacterium that is frequently used as a model organism. Factors such as its ability to grow fast using cheap media and availability of ...

The largest organism in the world has survived relatively unnoticed within the Fishlake National Forest in Utah. Now, researchers are concerned that this organism, 1,000's of years old, is dying. The ...

On the slope of a Utah mountain, lives the world's oldest living organism. It has lived there for thousands of years, living in harmony with the natural world around it, but today it is being slowly ...