Between 1.8 billion and 800 million years ago, earthly life was in the doldrums. During this period, called the "boring ...

In a new study, Arizona State University researcher Michael Lynch explores the substantial energy demands required to maintain and evolve multicellular life. The study, using the water flea Daphnia as ...

The "boring billion" shaped multicellularity, with energy demands sparking complexity. This era shows evolution's cost.

It seems impossible to conceive of an evolutionary process that would result in sexual reproduction ... Every creature — from a single-cell amoeba to the lock-and-key process necessary for ...

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Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

Every living organism relies on a genetic blueprint encoded in its DNA, yet the amount of DNA - or genome size - varies ...

Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare parasitic eye infection affecting the cornea that's caused by an organism - called an amoeba - usually found in bodies of water. It can cause eye damage or even ...