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

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 ...

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 ...

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

Over 70,000 species of animals, plants, fungi and single-celled organisms are found in the UK. Are you interested in finding a particular species found in the UK? You can search our inventory using ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

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?

Schematic evolutionary tree of the 5 microbial species included in the study. From left to right: Trimastix marina, Paratrimastix pyriformis, Blattamonas nauphoetae, Streblomastix strix, and ...