The ability of soils to eliminate N2O can mainly be explained by the diversity and abundance of a new group of micro-organisms that are capable of transforming it into atmospheric nitrogen (N2). INRA ...

A new review reveals how tiny shell-building plankton quietly drive carbon cycling and influence global climate change.

Body size evolution has long been a core topic in paleontological research. Cope's rule describes the tendency for body size ...

The ocean's smallest engineers, calcifying plankton, quietly regulate Earth's thermostat by capturing and cycling carbon.

Scientists are discovering ways in which single cells might have evolved traits that entrenched them into group behavior, paving the way for multicellular life. These discoveries could shed light on ...

In a recent study, NASA-supported researchers gained new insight into the lives of bacteria that survive by grouping together as if they were a multi-cellular organism. The organisms in the study are ...

A gene pool is the collective set of genes found across all organisms in a population. In this page, you will learn about variation within gene pools, as well as the ways in which this variation can ...

A government-appointed expert group, headed by R A Mashelkar, has recommended grant of patents to micro-organisms like bacteria, fungi and viruses. NEW DELHI: A government-appointed expert group, ...

At the most basic level, human evolution is articulated through classifications of, and evolutionary relationships among, hominin species. This article presents a basic taxonomy and phylogeny of ...