At the bottom of the Baltic Sea, buried beneath layers of sediment and sealed off from light and oxygen, ancient phytoplankton have been lying dormant for thousands of years. Now, researchers have ...

Excess nutrients, warmer temperatures, and an increasing population are causing explosions of algae worldwide.

Dolphins keep turning up on Florida’s beaches, stuck in the shallows and barely moving. Volunteers and scientists try to help ...

Thanks to a recent discovery regarding marine algae, scientists have developed crop plants that absorb a fuller spectrum of sunlight, resulting in better growth. The finding could also lead to ...

A biology lab at San Diego State University is working with a NASA grant to write a recipe for guacamole that will travel to space. KPBS sci-tech reporter has the story of a guac mix that’s made to be ...

Widespread blooms of toxic blue-green algae are coating parts of the Charles River right before the Head of the Charles ...

People often underestimate tiny beings. But microscopic algal cells not only evolved to thrive in one of the most extreme habitats on Earth – glaciers – but are also shaping them. With a team of ...

Under certain conditions, some algae are able to produce hydrogen -- a much sought-after green energy source. Its production takes place in the unique catalytic center of the unicellular algae and is ...

Enclosed though he was in 9-ft. by 5-ft. tank, Biologist Joe D. McClure was not alone: connected with him by pipes were several billion or trillion single-celled algae (Chlorella). Looking like ...

WASHINGTON — The early episode of dangerous heat has heightened the risk of toxic algae blooms and other safety and environmental impacts, according to experts. On Sunday a river thermometer at Little ...

The seaweed, or marine algae, that you find in the ocean and washed up on the shore is a valuable source of information and ...

Some red algae exhibit structural color that gives their growth tips a blue hue and the rest of their bodies including their fruiting structures a white hue. Moreover, since the color-producing ...