The "vile"-smelling, "guacamole-thick" algae is keeping beach-goers away. — -- What officials have called "unprecedented" toxic algae blooms in some of southern Florida's beaches and waterways is ...

During heavy rains, excess nutrients run into nearby watersheds, where they can feed potentially toxic algae blooms.

Florida Department of Health in Martin County reports case of harmful algae. It's in Lake Okeechobee near Southwest Kanner Highway and Southwest Conners Highway. Algae is common in Florida’s ...

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DESTIN, Fla. -- The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County has issued a health alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algae toxins in Kell-Aire Lake in Destin. The alert is in response ...

Tell us about your experiences with red tide and blue-green algae as we report on water quality in the Sunshine State. Zachary T. Sampson is an investigative reporter. He can be reached at ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – According to a health alert from the Florida Department of Health, harmful blue-green algae toxins have been detected in the St. Johns River near Racy Point. The alert follows a ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Inside an air-conditioned lab in southwest Florida floats a summer scourge. “They've been around, we think, three and a half billion years,” said Dr. Barry Rosen, a professor at The ...

Florida is a state where life revolves around the water. But sometimes toxic algae blooms — in particular red tide and blue-green — plague the beaches and bays where we swim, work, boat and fish. The ...