Lichens on rock By Jesse Noar CC BY 4.0 This episode: Trends of declining lichen populations and biocrust cover overall match trends of incr...

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C. elegans nematode By Bob Goldstein UNC Chapel Hill CC BY-SA 3.0 This episode: Many organisms produce the smell of earth, geosmin, and man...

Fonticula alba By Toret et al. 2022 Curr Biol 32:1962 CC BY 4.0 This episode: Slime mold amoebas Fonticula alba have interesting and unique...

E. coli This episode: A probiotic strain of E. coli can target and destroy pathogens that survive a treatment of antibiotics! Download Ep...

Azotobacter vinelandii This episode: Incorporating light-absorbing molecules into bacterial membranes can allow bacteria to use solar energy...

Mucosphere with captured prey Larsson et al. 2022. Nat Commun 13:1301 CC BY 4.0 This episode: A marine protist predator traps prey microbes ...