Tiny animals like oysters, mussels, zooplankton, and insect larvae filter debris and algae to keep lakes, rivers, and seas clear.

Low levels of a microscopic parasite discovered in a Baltimore-area reservoir could sicken vulnerable residents, the city warned on Thursday. The microorganism Cryptosporidium, commonly found in lakes ...

In a recent article published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from Japan studied the microscopic behavior of water on a silica glass surface using advanced visualization techniques.

What disinfection does is it inactivates or kills microscopic bacteria and viruses that remain after those other treatment ...

A team of Stanford researchers have created a tiny “hydrodynamic treadmill,” essentially an endless loop of water, to closely observe the behavior of marine microorganisms. “It opens scientific ...

What's it like to zoom into a drop of water? Watching this video makes me feel like I'm riding on a tiny submarine. Things get interesting when the video zooms in past all of the tiny water bubbles, ...

Plastics surround us, whether it's the grocery bags we use at the supermarket or household items such as shampoo and detergent bottles. Plastics don't exist only as large objects, but also as ...

The winners of a microscopic video competition have been announced, and among the remarkable entries is an incredible clip of a tiny tardigrade riding a roundworm. The Nikon Small World in Motion ...