For perspective, plants first began to dot our planet the last time this happened. The results are described in two papers recently published in the journals Cell and Science .

"The third state suggests that organismal death may play a significant role in how life transforms over time." Both types of biobots last no more than 60 days, and safely biodegrade once they're dead.

For the first time in at least a billion years, two lifeforms have merged into a single organism. The process, called primary endosymbiosis, has only happened twice in the history of the Earth ...

For the first time, scientists discover organisms whose diets rely on eating viruses Meet the "virovores," microbes that get their nutrients from consuming viruses ...

Understanding how organisms measure and respond to space and time at a physical and chemical level is at the heart of a mechanistic understanding of life. As physical beings, individual cells and ...

Bioluminescence typically occurs in the summer, with prominence along the Space Coast in Brevard County in the Banana River ...