While the marine heatwaves killing the kelp ecosystem were alarming on their own, the researchers have discovered a new ...

Scientists might soon be able to forecast when the see is gonna turn red - and don’t worry, it has nothing to do with the apocalypse. For the first time, researchers identified nearly a dozen viruses ...

Snow isn't always white; algae can make it look green, red, or orange, and scientists are trying to understand how and why these colorful patches appear.

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Environmentalists in Florida are calling on Governor Ron DeSantis to declare an emergency over the toxic red tide algae ...

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 ...

Alexia Akbay, co-founder of Symbrosia.. Photography by Mark Kushimi Editor’s Note: Symbrosia is one of seven private companies Inc. identified that are driving development within seven key pathways to ...

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The red algae called Porphyra and its ancestors have thrived for millions of years in the harsh habitat of the intertidal zone -- exposed to fluctuating temperatures, high UV radiation, severe salt ...

Patches of red drift algae are piling up on some local beaches in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. Red drift algae is a natural part of the marine ecosystem but can break loose from the bottom and ...

You'd think that losing 25 percent of your genes would be a big problem for survival. But not for red algae, including the seaweed used to wrap sushi. An ancestor of red algae lost about a quarter of ...