This underwater photo, taken on April 4, 2024, shows fish swimming near bleached coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 kilometres (167 miles) north of the city of Cairns. DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images
Australia’s Monash University is playing a lead role in conserving creatures that most people forget exist, but without which entire ecosystems would collapse.
Microbes, some of them single-celled organisms, can’t be seen without a microscope, yet they play a huge role, shaping ecosystems, producing food, and regulating disease.
