Drinking water contamination alerts in Britain have soared by almost 300 percent in just five years, with tap water ...

When we think parasites, we often think of illness, disease, and discomfort. But did you know some of them can actually be helpful? Join Stefan Chin and learn all about them in a fun SciShow ...

A lab-based screening has discovered over 150 common industrial chemicals, from pesticides to flame retardants, that have a toxic effect on bacteria found in the healthy human gut microbiome. - These ...

Jules Stewart reviews Geographical's book of the month, Our Bodies, Our Planet, by Marcus Hall – available to buy now ...

The gut microbiota is the complex and dynamic community of bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses that enter into a ...

Beneath the surface of your gut lies a vast network of neurons—as many as in your spinal cord. New research from the ...

Long before modern pharmaceuticals, our ancestors turned to plants to find cures for ailments from infections to parasites to ...

Several UC San Diego-led projects take a closer look at the safety and sustainability of seafood. If you spend any time in ...

Polish diagnostician Dr. Jaroslaw Wilczynski says to look beyond symptoms, analyze the data and admit where things go wrong ...

But at one point, this was poo that Poyet and her colleagues, including her partner Mathieu Groussin, had collected as part ...

Researchers show harmful gut bacteria increase in children with severe malaria, linking microbiome changes to complications ...

Kellogg Biological Station and Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, MI, USA Ongoing global climate change is affecting all aspects of life on Earth, including ...