Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

Who were our earliest ancestors? The answer could lie in a special group of single-celled organisms with a cytoskeleton similar to that of complex organisms, such as animals and plants.

Animals go to their shelter, humans have a siesta, even plants have mechanisms to avoid an overdose of light. But how do non-moving single-celled organisms deal with light that is too intense?

Smaller carnivorous plants specialise in single-celled organisms (such as bacteria and protozoa) and aquatic examples also eat crustaceans, mosquito larvae and small fish. Carnivory is such an ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

By creating genetic differences between cells of the same plant, scientists are able to track how the descendants of a single marked cell make up organs and tissues as the plant grows. This method ...

Now, he finds plenty of neighbors who share his high opinion of single-celled plants. Despite the remaining boxes to unpack, Mayfield's lab is already up and running, with students and technicians ...