AUSTIN (KXAN) — Toxic algae blooms have plagued popular beaches and rivers in the past. Over the last several years, toxic algae in Lady Bird Lake has made the water unsafe and has been responsible ...

Phytoplankton is an important component of the food-web and is predated by a wide variety of aquatic organisms, such as water ...

Plankton algae that supplement photosynthesis by eating other algae and bacteria may play a crucial role in the future Arctic As the sea ice shrinks in the Arctic, the plankton community that produces ...

Wellfleet, Mass. and Woods Hole, Mass., August 4, 2009— Plankton Power and the Regional Technology Development Corp. (RTDC) of Cape Cod announced today the establishment of a public-private consortium ...

Scientists provide clear evidence that marine phytoplankton are much more resilient to future climate change than previously thought. A study published in Science Advances by an international team of ...

Harmful algae bloom (HAB) forecasting has developed rapidly over recent decades, but predicting harmful levels of marine biotoxins in shellfish is still a challenge. New discoveries suggest that ...

Two algal species share important genes with all modern land plants, a new analysis finds. By Carl Zimmer If you’ve ever noticed a slimy film of algae on a rock, chances are you didn’t pay it much ...

Toxic algae blooms have plagued popular beaches and rivers in the past. Over the last several years, toxic algae in Lady Bird Lake has made the water unsafe and has been responsible for the deaths of ...

As the sea ice shrinks in the Arctic, the plankton community that produces food for the entire marine food chain is changing. New research shows that a potentially toxic species of plankton algae that ...