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What happens to sharks, dolphins, alligators, and other marine life during a hurricane? Experts...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 9 months agoResearchers studied how blacktip sharks travel when tropical storms and hurricanes approach.Reinhard...
Scientists baffled by discovery of bacteria that ought to be too big to function
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThin strands of Thiomargarita magnifica bacteria cells next to a U.S. dime. The species was...
World's biggest bacterium found in Caribbean mangrove swamp
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. The thin...
For the first time in one billion years, two lifeforms truly merged into one organism
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA light microscopy image shows the marine algae Braarudosphaera bigelowii, which is a potentially...
Can probiotics protect corals from problems like bleaching?
Knowable Magazine via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSupermarket shelves abound with yogurt and other products chock-full of probiotics — “good bacteria”...
Bacteria and the Sun Can Destroy Ocean Plastic—but Is It the Fix We Need?
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt’s overwhelming to think about how polluted our oceans are—so much so that it’s increasingly...
Your Mouth Has a Microbiome, Too—Here Are 5 Ways to Take Care of It for Better Overall Health
Real Simple via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe bacteria in your mouth impacts the health of your whole body. Here's how to stay healthy from...
What's to fear about warming oceans? Flesh-eating bacteria
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPotentially deadly infections from a type of flesh-eating bacterium could significantly increase in...
Rare flesh-eating bacteria kills 5 in Florida, 3 in New York, Connecticut
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoFive people in the Tampa, Florida, area have died from a rare flesh-eating bacteria, which is also...
Pathogens Able to Travel on Floating Plastic Waste, Study Finds
Yale Environment 360 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNew research shows that various human pathogens cling to microplastics in seawater. The plastics had...