The founders of the Microbiota Vault, a project that aims to preserve microbial diversity, have announced that they are ready ...

The Microbiota Vault in Switzerland is home to thousands of frozen human waste samples. Scientists aim to gather 10,000 ...

Scientists in Switzerland are building a special vault. This vault will store frozen human stool samples. The goal is to ...

Scientists in Switzerland are freezing human poop in a "doomsday" Microbiota Vault to preserve vital gut microbes for future ...

Scientists have found microplastics in human semen and follicular fluid, according to new research on a small group of adults ...

PFAS have been linked with a range of health issues including decreased fertility, developmental delays in children, and a ...

New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...

The nearly 50 years of collected human feces, urine, blood, tumors and even toenail clippings could have consequential implications for the future health of Americans, and yet, they’re at risk ...

Livestock manure around the globe is packed with antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) that could threaten human health, ...

For decades, researchers have been collecting samples from hundreds of thousands of women and tracking their health. The work ...

Long cast as villains, some protists, such as Blastocystis, are potentially beneficial to human health.

The latest episode of Netflix's "Trainwreck" anthology series examines the incident aboard Carnival Triumph in 2013.