Before plants evolved, vegetative life consisted of primitive green algae living in the sea. Like plants, these algae ...

Like many bodies of water, Lake Lipno is no stranger to cyanobacteria. The photosynthetic blue-green algae typically ...

Beautiful lakeside views can quickly take an ugly turn when the water begins to look like a bucket of green paint. This typically signals the arrival of a harmful algal bloom, which happens when ...

Have you ever eaten algae? You probably have, although you might not have known it. Just what are algae, anyway? The Mini Page talked with a scientist from the National Museum of Natural History, ...

Two Westchester County-regulated beaches on Mohegan Lake in northern Westchester are closed until further notice because of a harmful algae bloom, the county health department said on Tuesday, June 10 ...

Plastic pollution may be quietly fueling algal blooms by knocking out the grazers that usually keep algae under control.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – During the summer, algae in Lake Tahoe is a hot topic. While these tiny organisms are a natural part of Tahoe’s aquatic ecosystem, algae can become a harmful algal bloom, or ...

Algae blooms are expanding across the world's oceans. The first global study of floating algae was recently released by researchers at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science and the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PROVO, Utah (KTVX) — With the warmer months ...

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

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for developmental ...

If you’ve been to Fort Myers Beach lately, then you’ve probably noticed — and maybe smelled — the piles of red algae washed up along the coastline.