The Tupanvirus is named for the South American Guarani God of Thunder.

Scientists create an amoeba-inspired robotic cell, with photo-responsive DNA that allows it to move when exposed to light.

A new species of amoeba, Arcella gandalfi, is covered in a shell that resembles a wizard’s hat.

Dictyostelium discoideum produce extracellular nets that can kill bacteria, just as phagocytes in people and other higher animals do, according to a study.

What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes

The intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica kills host cells by tearing pieces from them, which it then eats.