At the microscopic edge of biology, researchers have uncovered an organism so stripped down that it forces a rethink of what ...

The world is filled with a huge variety of different types of plants, animals, and other organisms. Some of them are tiny, others are huge. Some of them have very short lifespans, others live for a ...

For the first time, a team of scientists has created a synthetic single-celled organism that can divide and grow like a regular living cell. This breakthrough could lead to designer cells that can ...

While it may be defined as a single organism, Pando is anything but one—sustaining an entire world under its canopy. Here’s how it works. When you think of the world’s largest organism, you might ...

If you guessed a redwood tree or a blue whale, you would be wrong. The largest organism is a fungus. And under climate change, it's likely to have an advantage compared to its host species. Scientists ...

Caenorhabditis elegans is a species of nematode worm and is frequently chosen as a model organism to study human diseases. Image Credits: Heiti Paves / Shutterstock.com While not as sophisticated as a ...

What is the largest organism? Until a few years ago, Oregon’s “humongous fungus” was considered the world’s largest organism. Now, some experts aren’t so sure. The largest organism is the Armillaria ...

This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Under the Blue Mountains of Oregon lurks something massive and prehistoric. Yet the largest recorded ...

A brainless, bright-yellow organism that can solve mazes and heal itself is making its debut at a Paris zoo this weekend. At least so far, "the blob" is more benevolent than the ravenous star of its ...

For the first time scientists have found an organism that can produce chlorophyll but does not engage in photosynthesis. The peculiar organism is dubbed 'corallicolid' because it is found in 70 per ...