Giant viruses play a role in the survival of single-celled marine organisms called protists. These include algae, amoeba, and flagellates, that form the base of ocean food webs. And since these ...

The genome of a new giant virus suggests these viruses share a common ancestor that dates back to the origin of eukaryotes billions of years ago. According to one model, the viruses are the ...

The virus poses no threat to people. Although it is considered a giant when compared to other viruses, it is microscopic and infects amoebas. The one from Siberia is a new kind of giant virus, joining ...

For the first time in Finland, researchers at the Nanoscience Center in University of Jyväskylä, Finland, have isolated a giant virus, which was named Jyvaskylavirus. The discovery shows that giant ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Viruses have the power to change the world, but scientists still know little about their ecological role ...

In 2003, Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus, also known as mimivirus, was the first giant virus to be described. It's larger than many bacteria, and was found in a water sample from a hospital cooling ...

It was found living in the mud of Japanese hot springs. If you’ve read up on Greek mythology, then you might remember that Medusa, with her venomous snake hair and ability to turn her enemies to stone ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have revived a giant virus more than 30,000 years old, recovered from the permafrost of northeast Siberia. The virus poses no threat to people. Although it is considered a ...