A University of Missouri researcher is pioneering an innovative solution to remove tiny bits of plastic pollution from our ...

New studies show how algae grows on ice and snow, creating “dark zones” that exacerbate melting in the consequential region.

While humans wouldn’t be very happy to find that organisms were growing on their skin, particularly fungi, algae, and insects, it works out pretty well for sloths. Sloths may be hosting entire ...

Time-lapse of algae growing in water. We poured pond water in a glass container and added a small piece of algae into it. The ...

HENDERSON The Eastern Shore is known for vast soybean and corn farms, but if Patrick Kangas had his way it would be covered in slime. Kangas, a researcher at the University of Maryland, helped create ...

Thanks to a recent discovery regarding marine algae, scientists have developed crop plants that absorb a fuller spectrum of sunlight, resulting in better growth. The finding could also lead to ...

BANDAR AL-ROWDAH, Oman (AP) — The Gulf of Oman turns green twice a year, when an algae bloom the size of Mexico spreads across the Arabian Sea all the way to India. Scientists who study the algae say ...