Spectroscopy might detect signatures of oxygen in a planet's atmosphere, which microbes called blue-green algae created by ...

A new fossil discovery sheds new light on a 47-million-year-old "alien plant" species that is the only example ever found of ...

"Mirror bacteria" could evade people's immune systems, they suggest, causing deadly infections. Such infections could also ...

The journal Science has published a paper authored by an international group of leading scientists sounding the alarm on ...

Scientists call for a pause on 'mirror life' creation, warning of potential risks to health and the environment.

Virginia Tech’s study traces early eukaryotic evolution, highlighting life’s diversification since 2 billion years ago.

If all the world's a stage and all the species merely players, then their exits and entrances can be found in the rock record ...

According to the new paper, researchers fear that mirror bacteria could be able to evade natural predators like phage viruses ...

“ Mirror bacteria” made in a lab could endanger all life on earth, an international group of leading scientists have warned ...

As the world undergoes rapid change due to anthropogenic carbon emissions, scientists will need to know what plants have the ...

Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago. The ...

Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns ...