These biofilms are just remarkable. They may be the ultimate system to study to understand our planet' UConn Department of ...

Recently, Sikkim's Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang proclaimed a thrilling find: a 1.5-billion-year-old stromatolite fossil discovered at the Fossil Park in Mamley, situated in the Namchi district.

Among white salt plains atop the Puna de Atacama plateau, there's a system of greenish lagoons harboring vast bacterial ...

These are preserved examples of what are called stromatolites. They are created when many millimetre-scale layers of bacteria and sediment build up over time into larger, dome-like forms.