Scientists discovered complex life may have started 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought thanks to phosphorus.

But how do non-moving single-celled organisms deal with light that is too intense? Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have discovered the surprising answer. Its full scientific name is ...

In fact, there were only single-celled organisms that could move around through the waters of the oceans. Needless to say, these single-celled organisms were quite simple compared to what we see ...

Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together. By Jack Tamisiea For a creature made up of only a single cell ...

As per The Conversation, the sun will get brighter as it ages, which might turn our waters purple. Evidently, however, the ...

When subjected to physical pressure, archaea - ancient single-celled organisms - form multicellular structures.

An curved arrow pointing right. A single celled organism eating its prey, an inside view of a termite's gut, and a parasite going 'Alien' on its host took top honors in Nikon's Small World in ...

These specialized structures are enclosed by double membranes, and they are believed to have originated back when all living things on Earth were single-celled organisms. At that time, some larger ...

Humans like to think that being multicellular (and bigger) is a definite advantage, even though 80% of life on Earth consists of single-celled organisms—some thriving in conditions lethal to any ...

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 ...

Glycolysis is an ancient metabolic activity. It consists of a set of reactions that convert glucose into energy. This central ...

As well as providing energy to the cell, glycolysis also controls cell fate in early embryonic development, laying the ...