In new research published this week, a team led by Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) scientists reveals that symbiotic bacteria often accompany single-celled protists in the ocean's upper layer.

The short answer is they stole it, about a billion and a half years ago, when single-celled organisms called protists engulfed photosynthesizing bacteria. Over time, through the transfer of genes ...

Around 700 million years ago, the animal kingdom began to branch off from single-celled organisms. Now, scientists have ...

The researchers also discovered key differences in transcription factors and tyrosine kinases, suggesting that the amoeba’s proteins were being modified just as proteins are in distinct cell ...

Scientists at Montana State University have examined the unique and extreme environments of nearby Yellowstone National Park for decades, but one team has recently published some of the first ...

“What [the paper] shows is that a single cell can have several different possible responses and then choose among them in a defined order,” says cell geometrist Wallace Marshall of the University of ...