(THE CONVERSATION) Virus. The word evokes images of illness and fears of outbreaks. Yet, in the oceans, not all viruses are bad news. Some play a helpful, even critical, role in sustaining marine life ...

The clock is ticking as Lake Superior is warming fast, which may create more suitable habitat for the Great Lakes' most ...

Guanidine is an organic compound primarily used as a denaturing reagent to disrupt the structures of proteins and nucleic acids. Together with partner institutions, scientists at the Helmholtz Centre ...

New research from James Cook University has made the extraordinary discovery that epaulette sharks can reproduce and lay eggs without any measurable rise in energy use. JCU's shark physiology research ...

Warning signs have gone up in a South Miami neighborhood after blue-green algae was detected in the Twin Lakes Canal near SW 65th Avenue and 68th Street. The Florida Department of Health advises ...

A boat sails through a deepening algae bloom across the Caloosahatchee River in 2018. The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County warned of possible blue-green algae in Twin Lakes Canal on ...

State health officials are urging the public to avoid a South Florida canal until further notice after detecting the presence of toxic blue-green algae in the waterway. The Florida Department of ...

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Osceola County issued a health alert on Jan. 9 due to harmful blue-green algae toxins detected in Lake Marian – Pavilion area. A water sample ...

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Same-sex sexual behaviour is part of the normal social life of some primates and could play an important part in their long-term success, a survey of nearly 500 species of apes, monkeys and other ...

The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County (DOH-Volusia) cautions the public about the presence of harmful blue-green algae toxins in the center of Lake Monroe. With water sample testing ...

A new study pinpoints the main cause of harmful algal blooms in Blue Mesa Reservoir, and includes a recommendation for a minimum water level to prevent them. A study released in December by scientists ...