An ancient lineage of cyanobacteria is helping biologists uncover an early evolutionary stage of the mind-boggling process ...

Doctors and scientists at Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire are among a team exploring whether environmental toxins may be related to neurodegenerative diseases.They have found ...

You've probably seen slimy mats of brownish green clinging to rocks in streams or on lake beds, and perhaps not given it ...

Blooms spotted in multiple New Hampshire water bodies as warmer weather moves in across the state ...

A new study published in Science Advances reveals that cyanobacteria may survive prolonged heat stress not by protecting ...

The Granite State hasn’t been spared from the global trend of more frequent cyanobacteria blooms, the often-toxic growths that can kill pets and threaten human health. With climate change and excess ...

Stand back, ordinary ocean-dwelling, oxygen-spewing organisms: There’s a new green, hulkish mutant in town. And hefty UTEX 3222 — dubbed “Chonkus” by the researchers who found it — may have just the ...

Algae is vital to a healthy marine system, and most of the hundreds of varieties in Alaska’s waters are beneficial or benign.

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Toxic blooms of cyanobacteria mean many Lake Champlain beachgoers may have to throw in the towel for summer swimming plans, with the frequent closures now as common as ...

Multicellular cyanobacteria do something strikingly sophisticated with their DNA, toggling key genes on and off as day turns to night so different cells can specialize without starving the colony of ...

There are photosynthetic bacteria known as cyanobacteria, and these microbes helped generate the oxygen that paved the way for complex life to survive on Earth. Researchers have now found that these ...