Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.

A calcified red marine algae called Lithothamnion found in the deep waters off the Brazilian coast is the most cited substance in requests for environmental licensing.

A calcified red marine algae called Lithothamnion found in the deep waters off the Brazilian coast is the most cited substance in requests for environmental licensing.

What is maerl and what does it do? A nodule of maerl, or ‘Rhodolith’ is created by a calcareous algae – when alive they are pinkish purple. Although often referred to as a coral, maerl is actually a ...

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 ...

Chloe Carbonne, Núria Teixidó, Billy Moore, Alice Mirasole, Thomas Guttierez, Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Steeve Comeau, Two temperate corals are tolerant to low pH regardless of previous exposure to natural ...

The plugs are typically prepared with crustose coralline algae – CCA for short – a rock-hard calcareous red algae and most corals readily settle on that, Engelsma said.

Crustose coralline red algae (CCA) are main agents in fossil and recent ecosystems, both in terms of geoscience and biology. They can form extensive carbonate accumulations in a wide range of fossil ...

Toxic algae known as red tide is blooming along Texas’ Gulf Coast, killing thousands of fish and prompting health warnings to beachgoers. Red tide algae has been detected in the upper coast ...