Microbes, Bacteria, Viruses
Habitats and behaviors of microorganisms
Scientists Find a New Way to Exploit and Attack Malaria
The stealthy parasite kills one million people a year; there may be a drug that can stop its deadly damage
September 2012 |
By Elizabeth Finkel
Top 10 Real-Life Body Snatchers
Parasites and zombies are not science fiction; they infest rats, crickets, ants, moths and other creatures, sucking the life out of them
October 24, 2011 |
By Megan Gambino
What is Killing the Bats?
Can scientists stop white-nose syndrome, a new disease that is killing bats in catastrophic numbers?
August 2011 |
By Michelle Nijhuis
The Next West Nile Virus?
The chikungunya virus has escaped Africa and is traveling around the world via a widespread, invasive, voracious mosquito
June 29, 2011 |
By Carrie Arnold
Listening to Bacteria
By studying microbial communications, Bonnie Bassler has come up with new ways to treat disease
August 2010 |
By Natalie Angier
Invisible Engineering
Chemist Angela Belcher looks to manufacture high technology out of viruses
August 2010 |
By Michael Rosenwald
Top Ten Places Where Life Shouldn't Exist... But Does
Smithsonian lists the most improbable, inhospitable and absurd habitats on Earth
October 13, 2009 |
By Laura Helmuth
Finding Feisty Fungi in Antarctica
In a place where no one believed they existed–-treeless Antartica–wood fungi are feasting on polar exploration relics
May 2009 |
By Emily Stone
Life on Mars?
It's hard enough to identify fossilized microbes on Earth. How would we ever recognize them on Mars?
May 2005 |
By Carl Zimmer
The Return of the Phage
As deadly bacteria increasingly resist antibiotics, researchers try to improve a World War I era weapon
October 2000 |
By Julie Wakefield
