Defense systems found in all complex life, including the human body, came from primeval microbes known as 'Asgards.' ...

The evolutionary relationship between the Archaea and the Eukarya remains unclear. Here, Gribaldo and colleagues provide an overview of seven recent studies that investigate the problem but that ...

An exciting new study reveals that life on Earth might have already flourished within a few hundred million years of the ...

Together with Bacteria and Eukarya, the Archaea make up the three domains of the tree of life. Originally, it was thought that Archaea were a type of Bacteria, typified by their ability to live in ...

Many of these microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea and eukarya, were here long before humans, have evolved alongside us and now outnumber our own cells many times over.

It turns out your skin is crawling with single-celled microorganisms -- and they're not just bacteria. A study has found that the skin microbiome also contains archaea, a type of extreme-loving ...

Wood-eating termites are one of the most numerous and ecologically relevant soil-dwelling insects on earth. They thrive on the abundant biopolymer lignocellulose, depending upon a phy-logenetically ...

Scientists have discovered a vast underground community of bacteria, archaea and eukarya, collectively known as the "deep biosphere." ...

Your gut is a bustling and thriving alien colony. They number in their trillions and include thousands of different species. Many of these microorganisms, including bacteria, archaea and eukarya, were ...

Scientists have discovered a vast underground community of bacteria, archaea and eukarya, collectively known as the "deep biosphere." ...