Beautiful lakeside views can quickly take an ugly turn when the water begins to look like a bucket of green paint. This typically signals the arrival of a harmful algal bloom, which happens when ...

Algal blooms may become more dangerous even after growth slows, raising new seafood safety concerns INCHEON, South Korea, Jan. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers from Incheon National University ...

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

The following is a press release from the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services: A recent sampling event confirming dangerous levels of harmful algal toxins identified in Big Lagoon ...

TIBURON, Calif. (KGO) -- By now, we know that the Dungeness crab season has been delayed and we know the reason a toxic acid produced by algae in warmer, El Nino waters. One of the world's foremost ...

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 ...

PITTSFIELD — For the second time this year, the city is urging residents to stay out of Pontoosuc Lake due to a blue-green algae bloom that poses health dangers to humans and animals. Mayor Peter ...

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 ...

Across the American West, officials are racing to contain a wave of invasive and toxic organisms that are literally living in the pipes, canals, and rivers that deliver drinking water. From mussels ...

The New Mexico Environment Department is now lifting harmful algae bloom advisories for five lakes in New Mexico.The advisories were issued back in September and October for lakes Eagle Nest, Maloya, ...

While Adelaide is largely having a reprieve from the algal bloom, it is a different story on the south-west tip of the Yorke Peninsula with locals reporting fish kills and discoloured water.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Algae can be an eyesore in the water, but veterinary experts are saying it could also be deadly to your pets. Anyone will consider their four-legged friends members of the ...