Pando, Earth’s Largest Living Organism, Could be 80,000 Years Old
A collection of over 40,000 trees in rural Utah is the world’s largest single organism, having all descended from a single ...
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Living microbes found in the driest desert on Earth
The Atacama Desert harbors unique desert life with diverse microbes.New techniques separate genetic material in low-biomass ...
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Living microbes discovered in Earth's driest desert
A new technique allows researchers to separate external and internal DNA to identify microbes colonizing the hostile environment of the Atacama Desert.
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The world's largest living organism consists of 47,000 trees
With its remarkable size and age, Pando dwarfs its fellow inhabitants, holding the potential to be not only the oldest living ...
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Pando, the world's largest organism, may have been growing nonstop since the 1st humans left Africa, study suggests
Pando is the world's largest tree. Its name means "I spread" in Latin, and it does indeed spread: The organism has given rise ...