PLOSable New World Under the Sea

Have you ever thought about what living things might be dwelling in the ocean? Learn how marine life can survive without air or sunlight in deep sea environments.

Spaced out Physiology

Being an astronaut is a cool job, but before you sign up you should know life in space isn’t all fun and games.  The lack of gravity can make our bodies act in strange ways.

Sonoran CSI

Little water, sweaty, hot summer days and frigid winter nights make the desert an uninviting place for most animals and plants. But hiding just below the surface, the desert is alive with microbes—tiny, living things too small to see without magnification.