Deep beneath the Earth's surface, in the pores and crevices of rock, live huge communities of microorganisms. They are invisible to the naked eye—yet they play a central role in the quality of our ...

It’s difficult to worry about microorganisms because we don’t see them. But we interact with them every day, and they are crucial for all forms of life on the planet. This aphorism brings home exactly ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Prochlorococcus bacteria are so small that you’d have to line up around a thousand of them to match the thickness of a human thumbnail.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Across Missouri, reports of waterborne bacteria and related illnesses have been on the rise. One of the most recent and alarming cases involved an individual who ...

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

(WFSB) - Some beaches in Connecticut are closed over concerns about bacteria in the water. The beach at Jackson Cove Town Park in Oxford has closed due to unsafe safe levels for E. coli, Oxford Park ...