The seven swim areas with advisories as of July 2 are: Keyport Beach, east of Broad Street, which had 1,400 colony forming ...

"Swimmers are advised to use caution and avoid prolonged periods in the water," a city of Rehoboth Beach news release said.

Due to celestial forces that have conspired to place the Fourth of July on a Friday this year, Galveston is bracing for an ...

Three Jersey Shore swim areas in Ocean and Cape May counties have bacteria levels exceeding the state's safe swimming ...

On June 16, levels of Enterococci at the bayfront beach were six times higher, at 600 colony forming units, than the state's bacteria threshold.

Scientists with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have discovered that a bacterial probiotic helps slow the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) in already infected ...

The idea of living on Mars has long been a captivating dream. Science fiction has shown us incredible visions of Martian ...

Probiotics are everywhere, claiming to help us poop, restore gut health, and more. They can also be used to help threatened coral reefs. A bacterial probiotic has helped slow the spread of stony ...

A new study by the Genomics and Microbial Evolution Group at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) together with the ...

Kelly Pitts, a research technician with the Smithsonian Marine Station at Ft. Pierce, Fla., treats great star coral (Montastraea cavernosa) colonies infected with stony coral tissue loss disease ...

Biofilms are microscopic layers formed by colonies of bacteria that essentially build a defensive fortress around themselves. They’re also notoriously resistant to common disinfectants.