Island Seafood Co. on Matlacha has been quiet. Too quiet. As a massive red tide bloom kills fish, dolphins and sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico, with toxic blue-green algae choking inland waters, ...

Southwest Florida recently has experienced two types of algal blooms, both in the Gulf of Mexico and in freshwater systems such as the Caloosahatchee River. The red tide, formally known as Karenia ...

As Florida reels from the ‘red tide’ algae bloom on its Gulf Coast, a freshwater bloom on the other side of the state has caused blue-green toxic slime to appear in the St. Lucie River. LiveScience ...

As Lee County commissioners plead with the feds to protect the Caloosahatchee and its estuary from excessive Lake Okeechobee releases, health officials are cautioning people to stay away from the ...

Scientists are seeking a solution to the red tide crisis that has been devastating marine life on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The naturally occurring toxic algae bloom, which was declared an emergency by ...

Health officials in Lake and Seminole counties issued Blue-green algae alert Monday. The Florida Department of Health said it found harmful blue-green algal toxins in both Lake Howell in Seminole ...

Many Floridians don't realize exactly how widespread the problems with blue-green algae and red tide are. More than 100 miles of beaches along the Gulf Coast are experiencing fish kills and putrid ...

Three years ago, a foul-smelling blue-green algae bloom so thick it looked like guacamole shut down the beaches of Martin County over the Fourth of July. Last year, blue-green algae blooms again ...

It's become an unfortunate rite of summer: the weather warms up and the algae breaks out. Each summer, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) posts alerts on harmful algal blooms in the ...

Waterways in Florida are fighting a multifront battle. On the west coast, red tide is plaguing beaches, leaving literal tons of dead fish scattered across the shore line. In fresh bodies of water ...