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

The gut microbiome, a vast assortment of bacteria and other microorganisms that inhabit our digestive system, plays a ...

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

Prochlorococcus, a genus of bacteria that’s key to oxygen production in the ocean, tends to disappear when faced with marine ...

Researchers reported on Tuesday in the journal Cell that octopus arms are fine-tuned to “eavesdrop into the microbial world,” ...

A research team from Skoltech, the Institute of Physical, Chemical, and Biological Problems of Soil Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and other scientific organizations in Russia and the U.S ...

Thousands of bacterial and other microbial species live in the human gut, supporting healthy digestion, immunity, metabolism ...

Thousands of bacterial and other microbial species live in the human gut, supporting healthy digestion, immunity, metabolism ...

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

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

Biofilms are conglomerates of bacteria and other organisms, which are feared in medicine as well as other areas because they ...