Jaysen Carr, a Hand Middle School student, died July 18 after being exposed to Naegleria fowleri while swimming in Lake Murray in Columbia, S.C.

All life is connected in a vast family tree. Every organism exists in relationship to its ancestors, descendants, and cousins ...

The child is believed to have been exposed to the deadly organism while swimming in South Carolina's Lake Murray ...

A patient has died at a children’s hospital in South Carolina after being exposed to a brain-eating amoeba, likely at a local ...

In a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park, a microbe does something that life shouldn’t be able to do: It breathes oxygen ...

“The sea slug Elysia chlorotica is a small, unassuming creature that performs a remarkable feat: It eats algae and steals its ...

Bacterial cell division, a process wherein a single cell divides to form two identical daughter cells, represents one of the ...

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human disease, but one species has been implicated in colorectal cancer ...

ShipGoo001 is believed to be a single cell organism, but its appearance is not yet evident. It could be thread-like, spherical or even twisty, Sheik said.

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like this one complicate matters.

WesLens/peopleimages.com – stock.adobe.com The team studied fission yeast, a single-celled organism that is analogous to human cells and uses similar pathways to manage energy, DNA repair and ...