What is the true longest-living life-form? Tortoises, whales, and trees are all likely to be the winners. However, some microscopic species are the answer for this. They have been alive since befo ...

Euglenoids survived them all. “Euglenoids are microscopic life forms that combine both animal and plant traits,” Bas van de Schootbrugge, a geosciences professor at Utrecht University in the ...

Sounds unlivable, right? Microscopic life-forms exist abundantly in the extreme depths of ocean water near the volcanic island called “Kueishantao off Taiwan.” Scientists from MARUM – Center ...

The earliest living organisms were microscopic bacteria ... these bizarre creatures bore little resemblance to modern life-forms. They grew on the seabed and lacked any obvious heads, mouths ...

An curved arrow pointing right. When plastics enter the ocean they breakdown into small pieces, making them dangerous for even microscopic forms of marine life. That's why researchers at the ...

When we imagine the search for life on Mars, we often picture high-tech rovers scanning dusty landscapes or orbiters ...