German researchers have identified freshwater fungi capable of breaking down synthetic plastics, offering a potential natural ...

Illnesses from stealthy pathogens known as Vibrio are advancing northward along numerous coasts, potentially ruining your ...

On a small, gently rocking research boat anchored just offshore in Chesapeake Bay, I lowered a sterile plastic bottle into ...

Over multiple generations, small nematode worms began preferring microplastic-contaminated food over cleaner options, which ...

Rare flesh-eating bacteria has already killed four beachgoers in Florida this year - Record number of cases of the ...

Nearby Manatee County has had one case of flesh-eating bacteria so far in 2018, but it was not deadly, officials said. ... It is commonly found in plastic containers.

Scientists have found a way to use the bacteria E.Coli to convert plastic waste into a popular painkiller, a study said Monday, though outside experts doubted the technique would make ...

PARIS — Scientists have found a way to use the bacteria E.Coli to convert plastic waste into a popular painkiller, a study said on Monday, though outside experts doubted that the technique would ...