A new study highlights how life possibly evolved prior to and during the rise of Earth’s oxygenated atmosphere.

Montana State University has long been a hub for research on the many unique features of nearby Yellowstone National Park, ...

This study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, opens new perspectives on the evolution of aerobic metabolism and how organisms learned to safely breathe oxygen. It also ...

Aerobic quinones further subdivide into two types—ones used by plants to perform photosynthesis and another used by bacteria and animals to breathe oxygen. "Basically, all forms of life use ...

The research into unique microbes uncovered the first known organisms to simultaneously catalyze aerobic and anaerobic ...

VOICEOVER: Anaerobic respiration in micro-organisms. All living cells respire. It's the process that releases the energy stored in glucose for life processes, such as growth. Unlike aerobic ...