Dog ownership benefits the mental health and social behaviors of teens, which may come about due to changes in gut microbes.

Experts build database of "salutogenic potential" revealing how hidden microbes and natural compounds help keep us healthy.

Researchers have launched a database highlighting microbes that support human health and ecosystem resilience.

Life has a way of bouncing back, even after catastrophic events like forest fires or volcanic eruptions. While nature's ...

Scientists studying thousands of rats discovered that gut bacteria are shaped by both personal genetics and the genetics of ...

Research shows how microbes quickly colonize fresh lava, revealing how life rebuilds itself and offering clues for life on ...

Globally, soils contain three times as much carbon as exists in the atmosphere and all plants, combined. Which means that ...

From influencing weight gain to supporting immune function, gut microbes do far more than digest food. They may even explain ...

A groundbreaking study reveals microbes colonizing sterile, newly formed lava rock in Iceland within hours, offering clues to ...

Scientists are exploring marine microbes to combat antimicrobial resistance and develop new drugs from oceanic genetic ...

It's been known for nearly a century that swarms of single-celled organisms thrive by consuming chemicals from their ...

"Microbes have always ruled the planet but for the first time in history, they are fashionable," writes Ed Yong in his new book, I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life ...