Since 2019, a blue-green algae called cyanobacteria has been detected each year in Lady Bird Lake, particularly during summers. Most recently, the toxic algae was found in July 2024 in Red Bud ...

"We cannot travel back 3 billion years to observe the cyanobacteria on Earth," said Dr. Ming-Yang Ho of National Taiwan University, lead author of the study. "That is why the early-branched A.

As temperatures climb, so does the risk of potentially harmful cyanobacteria blooms—commonly known as blue-green algae—that can pose serious health risks to people, pets and livestock.

During cyanobacterial blooms, small-bodied zooplankton tend to dominate plankton communities, and past observational studies have attributed this pattern to anti-herbivore traits of cyanobacteria ...