It’s difficult to worry about microorganisms because we don’t see them. But we interact with them every day, and they are crucial for all forms of life on the planet. This aphorism brings home exactly ...

Climate change is a major driver of antimicrobial resistance, especially in poorer countries, and stronger public health ...

What if the solutions to some of Earth's biggest problems could be found in some of its smallest creatures? That bet has led ...

Fungal pathogens like Aspergillus species are known for their ability to infect humans, livestock, and crops, causing severe ...

A UMass study found that rabbit ticks, which don't typically bite humans, can be carriers for a bacteria similar to the ...

Increasingly, however, climate change is being implicated in a range ... and distribution of the trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi that make up the microbiome inhabiting the digestive ...

What spoils our crops, kills about six times more people than malaria every year and is breathed in by each of us every single day? It’s not a virus or bacteria, but something even more formidable: ...

South Africa has a shortage of people with the necessary skills to tackle global warming and its damaging effects ...

Western Sydney University researchers have discovered that drought affected wheat plants are able to call on eco-friendly ...

Bacteria advisories are in effect for two Cape Cod ponds. Ingesting affected water can be harmful to humans and pets.

"Ants are a Swiss Army knife," said Jensen, a biologist who studies the symbiotic relationship between ants and agriculture ...