If there was a top-rated restaurant in a dangerous part of the city, chances are some brave souls would be willing to risk it all for a delicious meal. So it goes with coral reef fish dining on algae ...

Scientists are using the greenhouse at the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab to research algae called Hypnea which they believe can help prevent red tide blooms.

Algal blooms can mean toxic fumes, green muck, nasty stench, and death for seagrass and marine animals. All of it is bad for Florida’s economy, and sometimes human health. But just how bad has been ...

It wasn’t just the fish carcasses littering the shoreline that got to Terry Katz; it was the coughing, the sneezing, the burning throat. Turns out an unwelcome guest had crashed the birthday he and ...

NORTH NAPLES, Fla. — Not only did the fish carcasses littering the shoreline get to Terry Katz; he also was coughing, sneezing and suffering from a burning throat. Turns out an unwelcome guest had ...

From Naples to Lake Okeechobee and along the Caloosahatchee in between, algae is troubling Southwest Florida. A bloom currently coats more than 350 square miles of the lake; scientists have sampled ...

Officials are hoping you may not have to worry about toxic blue-green algae in Lake Norman this summer with the help of a four-year treatment plan. The algae, called lyngbya, can clog water intakes, ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 655 into law on Thursday, Jul. 27, enacting a state-wide ban on the invasive Caulerpa genus of algae. Under the new law, Californians are ...

Harmful algae blooms can endanger aquatic wildlife and human swimmers. Blooms may appear as greenish scum or brightly colored patches like spilled paint. Algae grows out of control when the water is ...