Some entrepreneurs are betting on southern Florida becoming an oyster hot spot. Now, they just need to convince Mother Nature ...

Anyway, in the spirit of this day for spirits, let me confess to you one of my greatest fears, the thing that haunts my nightmares: Vibrio vulnificus. In the logical part of my brain, I know that ...

Leonardo DiCaprio is a snake. A newly discovered species of a toothy snake in the Western Himalayas has been named in the actor’s honor, according to an “ongoing study” published in the ...

Both Boar's Head meats and some frozen pancake and waffle brands have been recalled after being linked to the disease Vibrio Vulnificus: There has been a recent uptick in cases after the ...

Vibrio are a group of marine bacteria that thrive in warm, brackish waters—where fresh water mixes with seawater—like the estuaries on the coast of Florida. While most species are harmless to humans, ...

Our ancient evolutionary cousins on Flores represent a unique lineage who lived during a time multiple human species were spreading to different parts of our planet, and this enigmatic relative of ...

But there were also some similarities. And now scientists have confirmed a new one: Diverse firefly species lit up the night during the late Mesozoic. The discovery comes from a fossil of an ...

TAMPA, Fla. - Doctors are warning people about flesh-eating bacteria after the Florida Department of Health saw a dramatic increase in confirmed cases of vibrio vulnificus in the Tampa Bay area.

The idea of a species is fundamental to the way that many people understand the structure of life on Earth. But ask 10 specialists how they define the concept and you might get 10 answers. In this ...

Florida, so far, reported 13 deaths and 74 confirmed cases of rare infection from the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. The surge in cases and fatalities have been witnessed after hurricane ...