While areas of red water may appear concerning, Katie Littlewood, Senior Coastal Scientist said marine algal blooms are common at this time of year and generally harmless.

A tiny algae recently discovered in India is helping to reconstruct how the oceans moved millions of years ago.

The movement patterns of microscopic algae can be mapped in greater detail than ever before, giving new insights into ocean health. The movement patterns of microscopic algae can be mapped in greater ...

A new study shows that despite coral's natural adaptive capacity, even moderate global warming could see the destruction of our coral reefs. You are more likely to take a trip to the Moon than to see ...

If you have ever swum in the ocean, you have probably accidentally swallowed a mouthful of seawater at one time or another. In a post on TikTok, biology professor Adolfo Sánchez-Blanco, aka ...

Many people are flocking to the Gulf Coast for spring break. However, toxic red tide algal blooms have put beachgoers and residents on alert. In the Gulf of Mexico, red tide is caused by a microscopic ...

The movement patterns of microscopic algae can be mapped in greater detail than ever before, giving new insights into ocean health, thanks to new technology developed at the University of Exeter. The ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The microscopic algae that live inside and provide nutrients to their reef-building coral hosts may be evolving in tandem with the corals they inhabit, so each partner is ...

In coastal Antarctica, some snow isn't white — it's green. And while small amounts of the green snow have been visible for years, it's starting to spread across the continent because of climate change ...

You might want to try the microscopic algae that goes by its Latin name of "Chlorella vulgaris." Found in freshwater, invisible to the naked eye, and residing at the very bottom of the food chain, ...

If you don't mind stretching things a bit, a horse or any other animal used to pull human-made vehicles is a sort of living engine. Our species has been using them forever, and we still do, despite ...

New research succeeds in taking a key step towards the production of sustainable chemicals in living microfactories. Fossil raw materials are limited and not available and extractable everywhere in ...