Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

What is the largest organism? Until a few years ago, Oregon's "humongous fungus" was considered the world's largest organism.

This newly found organism doesn’t act like a virus or a cell, and that could change everything we know about biology.

Senescent cells, which are damaged and inflammatory, contribute significantly to aging. Researchers at the Max Planck ...

The totality of bacteria, viruses and fungi that exist in and on a multicellular organism forms its natural microbiome. The ...

Bioluminescence typically occurs in the summer, with prominence along the Space Coast in Brevard County in the Banana River ...

Scientists have discovered the organism with the largest known genome. At 160 billion base pairs, it's 50 times bigger than the human genome, and the organism it’s describing is a tiny fern you ...

Giant Mushroom Largest Living Organism. By ABC News. August 6, 2000, 7:00 PM. Aug. 6 -- Walking through the Malheur National Forest in eastern Oregon you would be hard pressed to notice it.

A single organism. The mass of all the genetically identical trees weighs around 6,000 tons, which makes it, in terms of mass, the largest living thing on Earth.

A tough, bell-shaped fungus that grows on the rotting bark of trees has been used as a fire starter for centuries, earning it the nickname “tinder fungus.” Now, researchers are taking a closer ...