A tiny amoeba has broken a pretty big record. The newly discovered species of single-celled organism can divide and reproduce at a piping hot 63 degrees Celsius (145 degrees Fahrenheit), higher than ...

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 ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Grieving parents of a 12-year-old who died after contracting Naegleria Fowleri, an amoeba in Lake Murray, spoke out for the first time. The family spoke in front of the media ...

Climate change-induced warming means the amoeba can now be present in areas of the country where it didn’t used to be and has extended the amoeba’s life span past the summer months. The death of a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - The South Carolina Department of Public Health believes the person who died from a brain-eating amoeba was exposed to it at Lake Murray. The victim was apparently a child ...

Prior to the incident, there have been five other cases reported in Georgia since 1962, according to the health department Smith Collection/Gado/Getty A Georgia resident died from a rare brain-eating ...

A man has died after inhaling a brain-eating amoeba, likely during a swim at a popular beach in Israel. The 25-year-old Israeli man, who has not been publicly named by officials, contracted a ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Prisma Richland Children’s Hospital in Columbia has confirmed that a patient treated at their facility has died from a brain-eating amoeba. According to the South Carolina Department ...

The family of a 12-year-old boy from South Carolina is grieving after he died from a brain-eating amoeba, according to a statement from their lawyer. Jaysen Carr died on July 18 after developing an ...