Viruses that infect bacteria can still do their job in microgravity, but space changes the rules of the fight.

Evolving viral pathogens present major threats to global health, and their emergence and spread are increasingly influenced by global change. Climate change, urbanization, land-use change and ...

Scientists have recently unearthed a collection of ancient viruses from the depths of a Tibetan glacier, offering a glimpse into viral evolution and environmental conditions thousands of years ago.

Lurking in the vast expanse of the ocean and buried deep in the Siberian permafrost, there are giants—not blue whales and mammoths, but giant viruses.

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...