Humans like to think that being multicellular (and bigger) is a definite advantage, even though 80% of life on Earth consists ...

We are not clones In other models of early multicellular life, such as the green algae Volvox cateri, cells that failed to divide properly eventually evolved a matrix between them, forming a ...

Humans like to think that being multicellular (and bigger) is a definite advantage, even though 80 percent of life on Earth ...

Under microscopes, scientists found that giant single-cell organisms were able to vacuum up more food when they are stuck together.

The fluid dynamics of cooperative feeding may have sparked single cells to assemble into complex, multicellular life, as ...

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

The physics of how a quirky pond organism filters the water for food provides new insights into a possible driver of early evolution.

Previously believed to be plant or fungi, these giant organisms may have been a now-extinct fourth type of life.