The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed ecosystem, and the biology inside it — including its microbial residents — ...

Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight.

Researchers have identified a previously unknown giant virus that may offer new insight into how complex life first evolved.

Ushikuvirus, an amoeba-infecting giant virus, joins the family of giant viruses that may have driven the evolution of complex ...

Viruses occupy a central place in ecology and health, influencing the dynamics of terrestrial, aquatic, and managed ...

The origin of life on Earth becomes even more fascinating and complex as we peer into the mysterious world of viruses.

Learn how a newly discovered virus disrupts its host’s nucleus in ways that echo how complex cells may have formed billions ...

Members of a new class of antivirals are being tested in U.S. clinical trials, and one has gained approval in Japan, but how ...

These findings suggest that current monitoring strategies, which rely heavily on bacterial indicators alone, may miss critical viral-driven risks and ...

A businessman accused by U.S. authorities of overseeing one of the largest crypto-fraud networks ever alleged has been ...

Giant DNA viruses that infect eukaryotic cells are thought to have played a role in the evolution of life, according to the ...

The Apple TV series "Pluribus" explores what it means to be human by removing individual identity from the world.