There’s a sinister health threat we’re not taking seriously enough, a new paper argues – and it’s not a virus, bacterium, nor ...

An international team of researchers led by Hokkaido University has characterized the unique mechanics that enable Arcella, a ...

Composed of a single cell, amoeba seem harmless enough: They look like playful critters waltzing under the spotlight of a microscope until they come upon a group of bacteria. Then, these previously ...

Scientists are raising concerns about free-living amoebae, resilient microbes that can survive in water systems and enable ...

Ushikuvirus, an amoeba-infecting giant virus, joins the family of giant viruses that may have driven the evolution of complex ...

Tap water, which we consume daily, can sometimes harbor surprisingly resistant microbes. This is what a recent publication ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this wily, shape-shifting amoeba causes nothing worse than diarrhea. But sometimes ...

Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a rare but devastating eye infection caused by a free-living amoeba found in water and soil.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Experts in the Midlands and across the state weighed in Tuesday after officials confirmed a deadly case involving a brain-eating amoeba in South Carolina. On Tuesday, Prisma ...