Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered form ...

Researchers found that cooperative fluid dynamics between single-celled organisms may have driven the evolution of ...

Single-celled organisms that group together can generate stronger water currents to pull in food, a benefit that may have ...

Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.

Animals go to their shelter, humans have a siesta, even plants have mechanisms to avoid an overdose of light. But how do non-moving single-celled organisms deal with light that is too intense?

Most prokaryotes are small, single-celled organisms that have a relatively simple structure. Prokaryotic cells are surrounded by a plasma membrane, but they have no internal membrane-bound ...

“Animals are regarded as this very special branch ... suggesting that the amoeba’s proteins were being modified just as proteins are in distinct cell ...

3,800 mya: Bacteria diversify Single-celled bacteria are the oldest-known living organisms. Most bacteria reproduce by making carbon copies of themselves through a process called fission.