Tag Archives: Classification

Busy bacteria leave big mark

Under Untersee: A diver collects specimens from stromatolites, cone-shaped mounds built by bacteria, on the floor of Antarctica’s Lake Untersee. © 2011 Dale T. Andersen - http://daleandersen.seti.org

Earth’s earliest life-forms built mounds on an Antarctic lake bottom

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Life in the bacterial underground

Bacteria

Tiny life forms in rock may coax minerals to release hydrogen for food

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The algae invasion

One of the world’s simplest organisms is also one of the hardest to classify.

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When fungi and algae marry

Lichens live in nearly every environment on Earth, but scientists are still discovering basic information about them.

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Lessons from a Lonely Tortoise

In the Galápagos Islands, scientists are struggling to save some of the most endangered creatures in the world.

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Where Have All the Bees Gone?

More than one-fourth of the honeybees in the United States have disappeared since last fall, and scientists are trying to figure out why.

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Fungus Hunt

Scientists are collecting information to create a family tree for fungi (and mushrooms).

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