A team of evolutionary biologists and ecologists has a new idea for how scientists should classify algae species. FSU Assistant Professor of Biological Science Sophie McCoy and her team are proposing ...

A group of New York researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) discovered a new species of microscopic green algae. Reseachers struggled to come up with a suitable name for their discovery ...

An underwater bloom of toxic algae has wreaked havoc off the coast of South Australia since mid-March 2025. After eight ...

There are at least a hundred unknown species of green algae in Swedish waters, and some of them are already causing problems ...

Algal blooms pose a serious threat to aquatic ecosystems and public health, necessitating efficient monitoring methods. However, traditional optical microscopy methods face two major technical ...

An international team of marine scientists has identified and officially named four species of algae new to science, challenging previous taxonomical assumptions within the Porolithon genus. The ...

In a significant step toward dealing with the persistent harmful algal bloom affecting the South Australian coast, ...

A habitat-building coralline algae that provides a vital nursing ground for marine species and an important blue carbon ...

There's a third type of algae lurking in local waters. The good news is that it's not toxic. The bad news is that it can impact marine life and put off an unpleasant odor. "We’ve been seeing this ...

Last summer, divers set out from China Cove Beach to remove an invasive algae species from Newport Harbor, and the city at the time said it had been removed by way of vacuum pumps that extracted the ...

The Port of San Diego has renewed an emergency declaration meant to help the city fight an invasive algae that has proliferated in its bay. The algae species, scientifically known as Caulerpa ...