IMAGE: An ARMAN cell (center, orange) is penetrated by a needle-like protrusion from Thermoplasma (lower left), an Archaea that lives in the same acidic pools as ARMAN. In the depths of a former ...

Carly Muletz Wolz catches eastern newts in a pond at Mountain Lake Biological Station in Virginia. The Appalachian region has the most species of salamanders in the world. Image: Courtesy Carly Muletz ...

MSU researchers discovered that microbes begin shaping the brain while still in the womb, influencing neurons in a region critical for stress and social behavior. Their findings suggest modern birth ...

What happens if a red wolf has a bellyache? What if a cheetah suffers from tummy troubles? At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI), they call microbiologist Carly ...