A remarkably preserved pterosaur fossil from northeastern Brazil has yielded the first molecular evidence ever recovered from ...

An international study led by Curtin University has revealed new insights into how an ancient flying reptile was preserved in ...

Deep-sea corals near chemical-rich seafloor areas (cold seeps) commonly host specific bacteria from the Thioglobaceae family These bacteria possess the genetic ability to create energy from sulfur and ...

Sulfur caves are among the most extreme habitats on Earth. They are completely dark and filled with hydrogen sulfide gas, which is toxic to most life-forms. Inside, species’ survival depends on ...

Researchers may have discovered the world's biggest spider web, a massive subterranean structure spanning over 100 square meters in a sulfur cave on the Albania–Greece border. The multilayered web ...

ABSTRACT: The reactivity of sulphide mine tailings is generally only considered from a geochemical point of view. However, the biological aspect plays an important role in natural cycles containing ...

College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830046, China State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and ...

Hydrothermal vents are inhabited by electrotrophic microorganisms, which are capable of oxidizing extracellular compounds, such as metals, to power their metabolisms. However, their diversity is ...

(a) Optical photograph of a soft-bodied macrofossil (specimen No. cy266) of unknown affinity, with abundant filamentous microfossils of Q. cambria (b–g) present on the surface. (b) SEM image of ...

Goethite is one of the most frequently occurring iron(hydr)oxide minerals in the environment (Cornell and Schwertmann, 2003). Its formation and dissolution are ...

Researchers reclassified a marine bacterium, Sulfitobacter algicola, into a new genus, Parasulfitobacter The study confirmed Sulfitobacter's role in the ocean's sulfur cycle, crucial for climate and ...