Scientists finally get a good look at the tiniest viruses and discover a few of their unique tricks. Model of a microvirus similar to the one studied by a team at The University of Texas at Austin.

Researchers have discovered the first giant virus in Finland. The specimen demonstrates that such huge viruses are more common in northern regions than previously thought. Viruses are tiny. Even ...

Most viruses are small and carry minimalist genomes. Even one of the largest small viruses, Vaccinia, measures merely one-fiftieth the size of a pollen grain and contains only 270 genes. Giant viruses ...