The organisms living in your gut microbiome can influence your mental and physical health. Researchers have developed a way to better test for those biological effects.

The science of smell is an exciting area of research.

Weight loss and diabetes drugs target regulatory pathways involved in metabolism that the microbes in your gut and certain molecules from food already play a key role in regulating.

Pandas use smelly trees as a kind of social media to keep track of family and friends, leave updates about life events, and check out the dating scene.

Coupling engineered bacteria with low-power electronics could be highly effective in diagnosis, treatment of bowel diseases.

Squash bugs carry a gut bacterium that's key to their development into adults, but don't have it as nymphs. New findings reveal how they get it.

New findings point to possible mechanisms behind intestinal conditions like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Bacteria and lipids get a bad rap for causing breakouts and oily skin. But both play an essential role in helping your skin barrier stay strong against pathogens and insults from the environment.