"We have some incredibly pressing problems — but at the same time, some incredible opportunities to address those problems." ...

Research from Stony Brook University has not only detected Vibrio vulnificus—commonly referred to as flesh-eating ...

Stony Brook University Professor Chris Gobler said the bacteria pose a serious health risk, particularly during the summer ...

What is Vibrio? Vibrio is a type of bacteria that has been around for hundreds of millions of years; researchers have ...

Warming ocean waters are priming beaches and raw shellfish for Vibrio. Scientists are trying to stay one step ahead.

Mary Roeloffs is a Forbes breaking news reporter covering pop culture. Almost a dozen people have died this year in the Southeast after contracting a flesh-eating bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus ...

Water samples collected at two beaches at the Jersey Shore had high bacteria counts. Swim advisories were issued May 28 at beaches in Brick and South Toms River. Swimming in bacteria-contaminated ...

OCEAN GATE -- Health officials lifted a water quality advisory at the Wildwood Avenue beach on June 4 after levels of fecal bacteria in water samples returned to levels considered safe for swimming A ...

For hundreds of years sailors have told stories about miles of glowing ocean during a moonless night. In 1849 on the Arabian Sea, one sailor, Captain Kempthorne, described a most extraordinary ...