A microscopic creature from a boiling hot spring in Northern California has just reset the upper limit for how hot complex ...

Scientists have discovered a single-celled organism in the hot springs of Lassen Volcanic National Park, which is not only ...

A brain-eating amoeba claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy in Florida, according to multiple reports. The parents of Tanner Lake Wall told Florida news outlet News4Jax that their son contracted the ...

Summer brings higher temperatures and warmer waters, and as pleasant as that can be they're not without their share of risks. Among them is the flourishing of tiny organisms, including Naegleria ...

Climate change-induced warming means the amoeba can now be present in areas of the country where it didn’t used to be and has extended the amoeba’s life span past the summer months. The death of a ...

A tiny amoeba has broken a pretty big record. The newly discovered species of single-celled organism can divide and reproduce at a piping hot 63 degrees Celsius (145 degrees Fahrenheit), higher than ...

A sharp rise in rare and fatal brain infections—from Kerala’s Naegleria fowleri cases to Japanese encephalitis across 11 ...

It started with a headache. Fabrizio Stabile noticed it while he was mowing the lawn on an ordinary Sunday afternoon in New Jersey. The headache prompted Stabile to take some medicine, lie down, and ...

A teenage boy in Florida has been hospitalized with a brain-eating amoeba infection. His family brought him to the emergency room when he was feverish and hallucinating. Doctors believe he may have ...

A swimmer from Missouri has died days after being infected with a brain-eating amoeba in an Iowa lake. On Friday officials with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said that the ...

A brain-eating amoeba claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy in Florida, according to multiple reports. The parents of Tanner Lake Wall told Florida news outlet News4Jax that their son contracted the ...