An international team of marine scientists has identified and officially named four species of algae new to science, challenging previous taxonomical assumptions within the Porolithon genus. The ...

Scientists are studying an invasive species of algae they believe can cause an increase in mercury levels in the food chain. From member station WHQR in Wilmington, North Carolina, Kelly Kenoyer ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. --- Scleractinian corals, or hard corals, have been disappearing globally over the past four decades, a result of climate change, pollution, unsustainable coastal development and ...

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

The Port of San Diego has renewed an emergency declaration meant to help the city fight an invasive algae that has proliferated in its bay. The algae species, scientifically known as Caulerpa ...

An "unprecedented" toxic algae bloom has overrun the coast of Southern California, sickening marine animals and staining the shoreline, according to marine scientists. The toxin it produces is domoic ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Mainers who visited the beaches this summer might have noticed a slimy, foul ...

A groundbreaking discovery has been made in the heart of the world-renowned Great Barrier Reef and unique reefs systems of the Coral Sea and Lord Howe Island, leading to a greater understanding of how ...