Inside every cow’s stomach lives a teeming world of single-celled organisms, and one of them has been hiding a secret. A ...

Microbes that live inside livestock stomachs could be playing a more significant role in climate change than previously understood, according to new research.

Aquatic ciliates are single-celled eukaryotes whose diverse feeding modes and rapid physiological responses underpin key processes in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. Ecophysiology examines how ...

Cows are famous for belching methane, a heat-trapping gas that’s contributing to climate change. A single animal can burp 220 pounds of the gas in just one year. What’s more, methane is 28 times more ...

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Ciliates are minute, single-celled organisms with several nuclei, and are abundant in freshwater, the oceans and soil. The name “ciliate” comes from 'cilia', tiny hair-like structures, which cover ...

One of the oldest forms of life on Earth has been revealed as a natural born computer programmer. Scientists studying single-celled organisms called ciliates have found that the tiny animals are ...

Researchers have caught up with one of the fastest movements in nature. Able to contract faster than a racing car, Spirostomum's abilities could one day be copied to develop faster machines. The ...