In September, an unprecedented harmful algal bloom struck the Hudson River. Dense colonies of bright green microcystis — a cyanobacteria that can produce toxins dangerous to humans, pets and wildlife ...

Hudson River researchers detected large amounts of algal bloom, a toxic bacteria that can be harmful to pets and humans, between Kingston and Norrie Point in Staatsburg. The massive bloom, said to be ...

Environmental groups are warning that people and their pets should avoid contact with the Hudson River after the largest harmful algal bloom detected since monitoring began nearly 40 years ago was ...

An alga that threatens freshwater ecosystems and is toxic to vertebrates has a sneaky way of ensuring its success: It suppresses the growth of algal competitors by releasing chemicals that deprive ...

DULUTH — Researchers studying blue-green algae blooms in the Duluth-Superior Harbor have pinpointed the cyanobacteria species responsible for the bloom’s toxins in what the Minnesota Sea Grant, which ...

Have you ever happened across a body of water completely covered in a mysterious green slime? What first seems like some type of unsettling waterborne disease is simply an algal bloom. Algal blooms ...

Florida's Lake Okeechobee is essential for water management but faces harmful algal blooms, which thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters. Daily vertical migration enables them to survive in turbid ...

Abby Smason, a water resources science graduate student at the University of Minnesota Duluth, rinses out a container before collecting a sample of water from the Duluth-Superior Harbor on Tuesday.

JUST A FEW GUYS. ALL RIGHT, CHRIS, THANK YOU. WELL, EVERY SUMMER WE SEE REPORTS OF LARGE BLUE GREEN ALGAE BLOOMS IN LAKES OR CANALS ACROSS OUR AREA. THIS TIME IT’S IN A PORTION OF LAKE OKEECHOBEE.

ITHACA, N.Y. - An alga that threatens freshwater ecosystems and is toxic to vertebrates has a sneaky way of ensuring its success: It suppresses the growth of algal competitors by releasing chemicals ...

The Ortona Lock and Dam, a structure on the Caloosahatchee River in Florida that was built for navigation and flood control; algae on Lake Okeechobee and along the shore; the Northshore Park Watershed ...