The "flesh-eating" bacteria vibrio vulnificus are prompting health officials to close beaches across the U.S. this summer.

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Experiments in mice show that some gut bacteria can absorb toxic PFAS chemicals, allowing animals to expel them through feces.

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

Closely related bacterial species use different strategies to build their cell walls, an international team of scientists led ...

A volunteer environmental group working in Brevard County is warning swimmers of increased bacteria levels ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread ...

A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique morphology and genetic structure may be useful for the development of ...

Until now, it’s been very hard for scientists to establish a detailed timeline of the early evolution of bacteria.

The flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus has killed a dozen people across the U.S. in 2023.

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is far more interconnected than anyone realized.