Each beach’s status is subject to change as new test results come in. To see an up-to-date map of the red-flagged beaches and ...

A beach in Hawaii topped the list. A new report from Surfrider Foundation ranks the U.S. beaches that are the biggest ...

Learn more about Yersinia pestis, the bacteria behind the ‘Black Death,' which changed over time to cause less virulent, but ...

After 18 months of controversy, the official verdict is in: an arsenic-tolerant bacterium found in California’s Mono Lake cannot live without phosphorus. The bacteria were discovered thriving in ...

The presence of the bacterium Parabacteroides distasonis in the gut microbiome causes type 1 diabetes in a mouse model and seems to predict the onset of the disease in humans. This is likely because ...

These are bacteria like you’ve never seen before ... cell length greater than 9,000 micrometers, which is nearly 1 centimeter (0.4 inches) in length. Cells of most bacterial species are ...