Scientists are uncovering the surprising ways bacteria and archaea differ — and how these differences could be turned into weapons against dangerous infections. From bacteria’s peptidoglycan walls to ...

Microbes that look like strange deep-sea creatures are turning out to be a missing link in the story of how we got here. There’s a mystery at the roots of the tree of life. There is a hole in the ...

Scientists have discovered an archaea called ‘Asgard’ in the extremely high-salinity waters of Shark Bay, Australia, which ...