This makes it vastly harder for organisms to lay down a calcareous skeleton.
The impact we are having on the planet is causing other organisms to evolve — and fast.
No one expects whole organisms to mutate back into their evolutionary antecedents.
"And we are really quite good at getting these organisms to be that host-specific".
Evolution drives these organisms to a continuously shifting array of tactics to slide past our defenses.
The mixture is aerated to encourage organisms to grow before being sprayed on to plants.
Some conjure a scenario where synthetic organisms to which there's "no natural resistance" run amok.
We are entering an unknown territory of marine ecosystem change, and exposing organisms to intolerable evolutionary pressure.
RNA interference is a natural mechanism used by organisms to render genes inactive — presumably the genes of invading pathogens.
Mr. Todd has devised ways to use plants and biological organisms to clean waste and raise produce.
Both effects are the result of bioluminescence, the peculiar ability of some organisms to behave like living night-lights.
