Deep below the surface of the ocean, bacteria and critters that feed off nutrients spouting from hydrothermal vents met with ...

Nitrates, fecal bacteria, sediment and other pollutants in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers threaten safe drinking water for ...

Cable bacteria are filamentous microorganisms that perform electrogenic sulphur oxidation (e-SOx), a process whereby electrons generated from the oxidation of sulfide in anoxic sediment layers are ...

Several coastal areas in Mission Bay, La Jolla, Del Mar and Cardiff State Beach were under excessive bacteria advisories.

I’m the person sitting next to you, asking impatiently if you’re going to eat your pickle. I order sandwiches just to get the ...

For most of the past two years, Jesse Allen has worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week operating a crane to move ...

A Tulsa toddler was hospitalized with serious E. coli complications after swimming in a lake. Health warnings for Oklahoma ...

A water issue that spans months in the Stanislaus County city of Hickman has led to daily shut-offs, a boil water notice and growing frustration among residents and school officials.

The Polk County Board of Supervisors released the Central Iowa Source Water Resource Assessment (CISWRA) at its meeting ...

Thriving microbe communities living in the most-polluted spots in the US offer insight into how to clean up the mess of ...

Optometrists have issued a warning to everyone who wears contact lenses as the summer holidays approach. With the warmer weather arriving, many of us will be eyeing up the pool as a way to cool off.