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No swimming is permitted at this popular bayfront beach after water quality testing showed high levels of fecal bacteria ...

Heat-trapping methane may be best known for the dangers it poses to humans and Earth’s atmosphere, but in the dark depths of ...

Microbes are more powerful than we thought. These tiny organisms are now being recognized for their vital role in reducing ...

Some microbes happily thrive in unforgiving environments. An extremophile hunt is underway to leverage their resilience ...

Bacteria operate by a pretty simple set of biological commands: survive and reproduce. But a recent study is highlighting ...

When food runs low, some bacteria kill and eat their neighbors. Study shows a survival strategy that changes how we think ...

Researchers at NYU say they’ve found a link between the mental health condition and less diversity of bacteria in the mouth ...

Researchers from the Sydney Institute of Agriculture at the University of Sydney investigated the vast and largely hidden ...