Research and development at Ecological Laboratories focus on creating bacteria consortia with high stability. They're known ...

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 ...

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 ...

Turkish researchers are exploring Antarctica’s extreme ecosystems to develop new antiviral drug candidates and sustainable biofertilizer solutions, ...

Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, occur worldwide in many varieties, including in single-cell form and in chains called filaments. While these tiny life forms can strongly influence many ...

Lucy M. Stitzer is the founder and editor of Dirt-To-Dinner. Its mission is to help consumers better understand how their food is grown and processed, and why this is important to them and their ...

Toxic algae blooms in the Caloosahatchee River are a recurring problem, with the latest 'all-clear' in Alva possibly ...

For many years, the deep ocean has been seen as a nutrient-poor environment where microbes living in the water survive on very limited resources. But new research from the University of Southern ...

Thinking about dipping your toes in the water during the last weekend in June? Maybe don’t. Several beaches in King County have high levels of bacteria. As of Saturday, there was toxic algae reported ...