Tiny organisms called algae can have an outsized impact on working waterfronts. While many benefit their ecosystems, others can cause devastating economic and ecological effects. University of Maine ...

A new method has been developed that will help researchers track toxic algae species in the Gulf of Maine before they turn ...

A bloom of harmful algae off the coast again this year is creating a neurotoxin that has caused sea lions and other marine mammals to exhibit Parkinson's-like symptoms up and down the Southern ...

Jules Leon climbed into a Ford pickup truck fitted with a net, a wheeled crate he calls a “moon buggie” and a defective winch. It was March 18 and Leon was on his way to Redondo Beach — for his third ...

Experts working on guidance for toxins in mollusks have made several recommendations for further research. The guidance is intended to support the development of sampling, analysis and management ...

Signs have been posted in a South Miami neighborhood warning about blue green algae that may be in canal water and that ...

From shellfish industries on the West Coast to popular beaches in New York, human health, fishing and tourist economies are at stake wherever harmful algae thrive. In the past year alone, harmful ...

Holidaymakers along South Africa’s West Coast are being met with unsettling scenes as patches of discoloured seawater, piles ...

Red tide has discoloured parts of the West Coast, with dead shellfish washing up. Marine scientist Maryke Musson explains ...