Photosynthesis

A pair of new studies has revealed 'highly unlikely' phytoplankton blooms appearing near the seafloor and under sea ice at both Earth's poles.

A new method of using the machinery of photosynthesis to make methane is 10 times more efficient than previous attempts.

Fossils called stromatolites from Western Australia were created by microbes 3.48 billion years ago.

Microscopic algae that eat free-floating bacteria in the open ocean.

Products of chlorophyll breakdown make ripening bananas glow blue under black lights.

Quantum effects spill out of physics labs and into wet and messy biological systems.

The planet has endured far more dramatic climate change in the past fueled by other forms of life. But rarely if ever has the change been so rapid.

Biological activity in some Arctic lakes has ratcheted up dramatically over the past 150 years.