Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host their own microbiomes. In new research published this week, a team led by ...

Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most successful arcade game ever, is much more well-known than any of the one-celled organisms called protists, at least among people over 30. But the first study ...

Researchers studied in detail the strange protist Meteora sporadica, which swings its two lateral arms back and forth. The results of the study indicated that M. sporadica has a complex cytoskeleton ...

Focuses on the biology and social effects of infectious disease epidemics, at a level appropriate for non-majors or as an introduction for biology majors. Covers basics of virus, bacterium and protist ...

Nikon announced the winners of their annual Small World in Motion competition today and the winning video is a detailed look at the microscopic creatures that help termites digest wood. Still from ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke Assistant Professor of Biology Jean-Philippe Gibert has been selected to receive an early career award for his work on tiny organisms that could have a big effect on carbon ...

An ambitious and revolutionary initiative aims to map every cell of all eukaryotic life on Earth. The result will be a ...