Researchers warn that free-living amoebas, microscopic organisms thriving in soil and water, are spreading globally due to ...

Deadly brain infections once associated with rare summer swims in southern lakes are now appearing in places that never ...

A microscopic creature from a boiling hot spring in Northern California has just reset the upper limit for how hot complex life can run. The newly described “fire amoeba” thrives at temperatures that ...

Scientists are warning that a little-known group of microbes called free-living amoebae may pose a growing global health threat. Found in soil and water, some species can survive extreme heat, ...

The Cheating Amoeba Scanning electron micrograph of spore towers of the slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum. David Scharf / Photo Researchers, Inc What genes contribute to social interactions such as ...