Scientists discovered a new species of bacteria visible with the naked eye. The bacteria, found in the Caribbean mangrove, is the biggest discovered to date. It has other peculiarities ...

The Tijuana River sewage crisis in San Diego’s South Bay can be seen from space, thanks to special NASA technology.

Scientists have discovered a giant bacteria that is roughly 1cm long and the first to be visible with the naked eye, challenging views of the theoretical limits of bacteria growth. The bacteria ...

Using a range of techniques, Volland and colleagues aimed to characterize it. Though bacteria are typically visible only with a com­pound microscope capable of magni­fying 100 to 1,000 times ...