A surge in cases across UK has prompted vets to issue an urgent warning to dog owners ahead of summer. While blue-green algae ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. As a teenager growing up in Nigeria, Helen Onyeaka was obsessed with microorganisms. The tiny lifeforms, which include bacteria and yeast, can be grown ...

Western Shinnecock Bay has once again been closed to shellfish harvesting this spring by the presence of a toxic algae bloom ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Today, Onyeaka is an industrial microbiologist and a deputy director of the ...

Scientists have spent decades genetically modifying the bacterium Escherichia coli and other microbes to convert carbon dioxide into useful biological products. Most methods require additional carbon ...

Stony Brook University professor Dr. Christopher Gobler said that recent media reports on Instagram and in New York City ...

Long Island waters are threatened by runoff from hundreds of thousands of cesspools, harmful algae and even flesh-eating ...

A vicious flesh-eating bacteria may be lurking in bodies of water across Long Island, as researchers warned its victims face ...