Most bacteria cannot be cultured in the lab—and that's been bad news for medicine. Many of our frontline antibiotics originated from microbes, yet as antibiotic resistance spreads and drug pipelines ...

For most organisms on Earth, rocks are objects, not food. But for one oddball microbe, desert limestone seems to have been on the menu. Whether or not this mysterious form of life still exists or went ...

Despite a cyanobacteria bloom outbreak, the world-renowned regatta is still on track to kick off on Oct. 17, drawing about 12,000 rowers to the water.