People spend most of their time in spaces and structures designed, built, and managed by humans. The factors that affect the environments within buildings, the ways in which building characteristics ...

A new study has found that when deforestation and land use change break up key habitats vital to amphibian life cycles, those ...

Seeking to understand what constitutes a healthy vaginal microbiome, a global research collaboration that includes a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has reported a series of findings, including ...

An unprecedented look at how the gut microbiome varies among babies in different parts of the world reveals that infants in the West lack a microbe that is common elsewhere. This could aid the ...

Although the genetic material of most living organisms is DNA, various self-replicating agents rely instead on RNA, including ...

Sharing habitat with livestock is changing elephants' gut bacteria in ways that could be harmful to their health, according to new research conducted by San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance in ...

A group of ecologically tolerant microbes known as ‘generalists’ can thrive across very different environments, creating a planet-wide, interconnected network of microbiomes. In a new study published ...

Researchers have mapped how microbes underpin healthy food systems—and how we can stop their decline. Published in Frontiers in Science, the map of 'agri-food system microbiomes' reveals how players ...