Some red algae exhibit structural color that gives their growth tips a blue hue and the rest of their bodies including their fruiting structures a white hue. Moreover, since the color-producing ...

The cyanobacteria was discovered last week along Lady Bird Lake, according to Austin's Watershed Protection Department.

Toxic algae is mixed in with plants and water lilies in the waters of Lady Bird Lake near Redbud Isle. Scientists with Austin ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has closed all of western Shinnecock Bay to the harvesting of shellfish and conch because of the emergence of a "red tide" algae bloom ...

Sea moss (Irish moss) is a type of red seaweed that may offer health benefits, including improving thyroid function, helping manage diabetes, boosting immune health, and more. Keep in mind that ...

Astronomers claim to have seen the strongest evidence so far for life on another planet. But other researchers have urged caution until the findings can be verified by other groups and alternative ...

For the last month, hundreds of seabirds have been poisoned by domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced in harmful algae blooms that ... Brandt’s cormorants and red-throated loons, but brown pelicans ...

Or if a type of algae linked to "red tides" came to dominate the surface oceans. These red algae are common in areas with intense concentration of fertilizer such as nitrogen. In the modern oceans ...

Contamination fuels algae blooms and wreaks havoc ... including from waters plagued by recent toxic red tide blooms such as Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor. The Times identified seagrass losses ...

Experts say what makes this year’s algae bloom significant is that it has sickened different animals compared to years past. “It does not look like we are close to seeing the end of this bloom ...