A number of Minnesota cities have reported blue-green algae blooms this summer, causing the temporary closing of some beaches. Blue-green algae is bacteria that can be toxic for both humans and pets. ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists say New York's coastal waters are experiencing some of the most severe threats on record, and they're not just ...

An expert ecologist has warned that exposure to the deadly flesh-eating bacteria can result in a 20% change of dying within ...