A Caltech-led study published in Nature Microbiology found that drought drives elevated antibiotic resistance across soils ...

Certain types of microbes found in the human gut can absorb toxic “forever chemicals” from their surroundings, a study has found. When scientists introduced the microbes into the guts of mice to ...

The microbiome shapes development of insulin-producing cells in infancy, leading to long-term changes in metabolism and diabetes risk, new research in mice has found. The results could ultimately help ...

In humans, it’s still unclear whether gut bacteria influence muscle strength or whether stronger, more active people simply ...

Every animal carries a microscopic community of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes that play a critical role in health.