When you picture a single cell, you probably imagine something super tiny that you had to look at through a microscope. But, there are some huge exceptions to this rule. And we really do mean huge!

By resurrecting a 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme and studying it inside living microbes, researchers at the University of ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

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Enjoy our cross-curricular unit on hibernating animals, designed to engage young learners in the incredible ways animals ...

Things have changed a lot since I was a plant salesman back in my early 20s.

Molecular biologist Cynthia Kenyon speaks about her seminal discovery and excitement for the future of longevity research ...