A globally distributed single-celled organism that occurs in harmful algal blooms has been found to exhibit an unusual organisation of photosynthesis. Researchers have taken a closer look at the ...

We typically think of evolution as progressing in one direction, with a species getting “better” and “better” as it goes. But evolution is far more complex than that, as has recently been illustrated ...

A flash of bright orange on a rocky outcrop might not look like much, but for paleontologists it could be a beacon pointing toward hidden dinosaur bones. As researchers probe how this unusual organism ...

Many cells can use oxygen or nutrients to generate fuel, and the process is similar in many organisms that use an electron transport chain. But scientists have found that in a tiny organism, things ...

Hiding underneath the Arctic sea ice, researchers claim that it discovered rare new species that take in hydrothermal plumes from underwater volcanoes to survive. These new organisms excited the ...

Cross-section of a cell of the microalga Prorocentrum cordatum. The nucleus with the chromosomes is on the right. A single barrel-like chloroplast takes up 40 percent of the cell volume. What are the ...