A health alert is being re-issued for the presence of harmful blue-green algae toxins in the Sebastian Canal off the ...

Antibiotic resistance is widely recognized as one of the greatest global public health threats, but scientists are now ...

Plastic pollution may be quietly fueling algal blooms by knocking out the grazers that usually keep algae under control.

Dangerous concentrations of algae such as "red tides" have been consistently emerging in locations around the world. A region in Southern Australia is experiencing a nine-month toxic algae bloom that ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. As a teenager growing up in Nigeria, Helen Onyeaka was obsessed with microorganisms. The tiny lifeforms, which include bacteria and yeast, can be grown ...

Melting Arctic ice is revealing a hidden world of nitrogen-fixing bacteria beneath the surface. These microbes, not the usual cyanobacteria, enrich the ocean with nitrogen, fueling algae growth that ...

Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, occur worldwide in many varieties, including in single-cell form and in chains called filaments. While these tiny life forms can strongly influence many ...

Specifically, scientists have worked with “exosomes” — tiny biological mail trucks that stem cells dispatch to tell neighbors ...

As ocean temperatures rise and currents shift, the plastisphere may become an even more effective route for biological invasions. Warmer waters could extend the survival of stowaway organisms, while ...