Scientists reveal how microbes preserved a 183-million-year-old ichthyosaur as a stunning three-dimensional fossil now ...

A researcher sampling 40,000-year-old ice from the walls of the Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility in Fox, Alaska. In a new study, a team of geologists and biologists led by the University of ...

A quest to discover new antibiotics is taking a Cal Poly biochemistry research team back in time millions of years as they study ancient microorganisms. Research led by Cal Poly biochemistry Professor ...

A Cal Poly research team is studying ancient bacteria found isolated in amber and other materials for antibiotic properties and resistance. Here, a bacteria strain dating back millions of years was ...