At first glance, there may seem to be little connection between a red fox killed on a highway in Italy and the global threat ...

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are already directly responsible for the deaths of an estimated 1.27 million people every year, and these challenging infections contribute to the deaths of millions more ...

Learn about the gut microbiomes of black bears, which carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria and can signal changes in the ...

Bacteria can sneakily evade our best efforts at eradication by developing resistance to various pressures in their environment, for example, antibiotic-resistant bacteria stubbornly survive the usual ...

Our hands are mirror images of each other. Unless you flip one hand around, they’ll never look the same. Scientists call this chirality, and the mirror-like property is fundamental to all life on ...

Lucinid clams, inconspicuous inhabitants of the seafloor and one of the most diverse group of animals in the ocean, rely on symbiotic bacteria for their survival. Researchers now reveal the ...

While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...

Researchers from Oregon State University (OSU) have unveiled a novel "electricity-conducting organism" that could spark medical and environmental innovations. According to the new study, published in ...

Scientists have been working to analyze all of the various factors that contribute to climate change, and microbes are one influence whose effect is largely still a mystery. Researchers have now found ...

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio. Scientists are trying to stay one step ahead.