Buried beneath Antarctica’s thick ice sheets lies Lake Vostok, a hidden world that has been isolated for 15 million years.

Professor Matthew Stott of the University of Canterbury is fascinated by the extremophiles he studies - microbes that live at ...

Chemotaxis, a process for chemically inducing movement in an organism, may be a crucial tool in the search for life on Mars.

Rovers sent to Mars have so far failed to detect life, likely because it doesn’t exist on the Red Planet. But we can’t say ...

Astrobiology is a multidisciplinary scientific field that seeks to understand the potential for life beyond Earth. It ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

For a long time, microbes like the ones in Yellowstone's hot springs were studied in isolation. Molecular ecologist Devaki ...

Extremophiles: Life in Extreme Conditions Extremophiles are the superheroes of the microbial world. These organisms find a ...

The evolution and physiology of extremophiles remain relevant to investigate the universal ancestor and the limits of life (Merino et al., 2019). The study of extremophiles is also vital to both ...

Don’t let their lanky appearance and beautiful, soft pink plumage fool you, flamingos are totally metal. They are extremophiles, meaning they can survive, and even thrive, in environments with extreme ...

XTREAM aims to develop sustainable bioprocesses for fields like pharma and agriculture, building on discoveries from extreme ...