Researchers studied the effects of intensive and extensive land use on soil biodiversity in cropland and grassland.Based on a media release by Leipzig ...

Organic banana production is significantly more conducive to microbial decomposition than its chemical-intensive counterparts ...

In New Haven, Connecticut, one school is working on a solution to pumpkin waste, with a fun twist: a community compost drop-off, which once a year hosts a pumpkin smash.

A wild double take can reveal differences in size and patterning of these decomposers. Find tips for identifying ... and the adult’s secretions protect the food source from mold and bacteria. Eggs are ...

Florida health officials are reporting an increase in cases of Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria that can lead to flesh-eating infections, following recent hurricanes. In an update Friday, data from ...

When bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics, it can be deadly, but researchers have now decoded part of the bacteria's defence mechanism. Imagine falling seriously ill with an infection.

coli is and how to know if you're infected. Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a bacteria found in many places, including the environment, foods and water. It also resides harmlessly in the intestines ...

NAPLES, Fla. − Florida has seen a surge of flesh-eating bacteria cases in recent weeks after parts of the state were inundated with heavy rain and flooding due to back-to-back hurricanes ...

This is considered the least serious classification of FDA recalls. Coliforms, or coliform bacteria, are organisms that are found in soil, water that has been influenced by surface water ...

Scientists have programmed bacteria to work together to identify prime numbers, recognize vowels, and even calculate the maximum number of slice a pizza can yield with a given number of straight ...