There’s a sinister health threat we’re not taking seriously enough, a new paper argues – and it’s not a virus, bacterium, nor even a fungus. It’s the amoebae, free-living organisms that can survive ...

Naegleria fowleri, the "brain-eating amoeba" speeded up under a microscope. Driver of Tesla that went airborne in deadly Southern California crash identified ...

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 ...

Light microscope image and illustration of a Thecofilosea amoeba with intracellular Legionellales bacteria ('Ca. Pokemonas kadabra'). The bacteria were stained red by so-called 'fluorescence in situ ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - As Lake Waco’s water levels continue to drop and water temperatures stay above 80 degrees, this is a prime environment for brain-eating amoebas to flourish, increasing likelihood ...