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 ...

A RED alert warning for blue green algae has been issued for the popular Lake Cullulleraine. Lake users have been warned that ...

The City of Gainesville announced it had deployed three ultrasonic buoys in Lake Sidney Lanier to address persistent taste ...

Didymosphenia geminata — didymo for short — also has another, much less scientific, nickname: rock snot. It seems to be spreading in Michigan waterways.

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

A hidden pigment helps ocean algae harness sunlight without getting burned—and it may hold clues for better solar tech.

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

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County (DOH-Lee) has issued a health alert following the detection of harmful ...

A tiny algae recently discovered in India is helping to reconstruct how the oceans moved millions of years ago.

Engineered algae are a bioremediation triple threat, synergizing microplastic removal, upcycling and wastewater nutrient ...

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 container was then placed under a growing light. The algae spreads quickly ...