Scientists have discovered a single-celled organism in the hot springs of Lassen Volcanic National Park, which is not only the first eukaryote to grow at 63 degrees Celsius (approximately 145 degrees ...

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 ...

The amoeba is a single-celled organism that lives in hot springs, lakes and other warm freshwater bodies. The Missouri health department says this is only the state's third case on record, but ...

Scientists have found a new microorganism, the “fire amoeba,” thriving in the scalding geothermal waters of a national park. This single-celled organism survives in water temperatures that most life ...

The Georgia resident likely picked up the brain infection by swimming in warm freshwater, health officials said. Sime Basioli via Unsplash A person has died after contracting a rare amoeba brain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hospital patient who was infected with brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri in South Carolina has died. Health officials at ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Going for a swim is a good way to cool off in this summer heat. Fresh-water swimming can have an added risk, albeit a very small one. Naegleria fowleri, also known as ...

(WJW) – A Texas woman has died after contracting a rare infection from a brain-eating amoeba while using tap water to clear out her sinuses at an RV campground, according to a recent report. The ...

A person has died after contracting a rare amoeba brain infection that lives in freshwater, Georgia health officials said. The state resident was “likely infected while swimming in a freshwater lake ...