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Coral reefs do more than build habitat — they organize microbial life

Learn how coral reefs drive daily changes in ocean microbes — a process that shapes how nutrients and energy move through ...
Tech Explorist

Coral reefs help set daily rhythms for ocean microbes

Coral reefs are often described as biodiversity hotspots, but this study reframes them as potent regulators of the ocean’s ...

A coral reef's daily pulse reshapes microbes in surrounding waters

Coral reefs are often described as biodiversity hotspots, but new research shows they also act as powerful regulators of the ...
Los Angeles Times

Scientists baffled by discovery of bacteria that ought to be too big to function

Imagine visiting a mangrove in the Caribbean and discovering a human as tall as Mt. Everest. Something like that happened to marine biologist Jean-Marie Volland — except instead of a human, he ...
EurekAlert!

When bacteria get hungry, they kill – and eat – their neighbors

Starving bacteria (cyan) use a microscopic harpoon—called the Type VI secretion system—to stab and kill neighboring cells (magenta). The prey burst, turning spherical and leaking nutrients, which the ...
NPR

Think all bacteria are microscopic? Tell that to these centimeter-long monsters

Bacteria typically live out their teeny-tiny lives in the microscopic realm, but now scientists have found a gargantuan one the size and shape of a human eyelash. The new find is "by far the largest ...