Nietzsche decided that when the single-celled brainless blob reached out with the arm-like extensions on its cell membrane, known as "false feet," to grab food or move across a surface, that it was ...

If the phrase “brain-eating amoeba” sounds like something out of a sci-fi horror movie, you’re not alone. In Arizona, it’s a very real concern that lurks in warm fresh water during the hottest months.

Social amoebae are unicellular organisms that act in concert, requiring extensive communication. Pierre Stallforth and ...

It's nearly always fatal, and it's showing up farther north than ever. Here's what to know before you swim this summer.

A child playing on a splash pad in Arkansas. A person rinsing their sinuses with water from a recreational vehicle in Texas.

An international team of researchers led by Hokkaido University has characterized the unique mechanics that enable Arcella, a shelled, single-celled amoeba, to move skillfully across different ...

Commonly known as the brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri (N. fowleri) is a strain of amoeba that, as reported by USA Today, claimed the life of a two-year-old boy who was infected by the organism ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 12-year-old boy died from a brain-eating amoeba two weeks after a holiday weekend on a popular South Carolina lake. The brain-eating amoeba enters the body when water is forced ...

One of the world's most dangerous water-borne microorganisms, commonly called a "brain-eating amoeba," has recently been detected in two drinking water supplies in southwest Queensland. Both affected ...

The threat comes from two rare but potentially deadly pathogens: Vibrio vulnificus, often referred to as "flesh-eating ...

A Missouri resident is in intensive care after contracting a rare brain-eating amoeba, likely while water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks, state health officials confirmed Wednesday. The case of ...

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