Have you seen the clear, gelatinous creatures all over Grand Strand beaches? Here’s what the blobs are and why they’re ...

Algae that have lain dormant at the bottom of the Baltic Sea since 2,000 years before the Egyptians started building pyramids ...

As the algae grows, it captures carbon and nitrogen from the atmosphere, using energy from sunlight, and once applied to the soil the process continues. It said the production and use of existing ...

For humans, the gestation period can last forty weeks. There are cramps, morning sickness, strange food cravings, increasing discomfort, and a multitude of other effects. And the nine months of ...

Biologists have built up one of the most detailed pictures ever of the changes that occur in women’s bodies before and after pregnancy, by pooling and studying around 44 million physiological ...

Also known as harmful algae blooms, red tides — the massive growth of algae that is tied to multiple organisms — are driven by wind and water currents, nutrients that run into the water ...

We studied the water under the microscope and extracted DNA for genetic analysis. Single-celled, microbial algae occur naturally in seawater all over the world. They are also called phytoplankton ...

Researchers knew that many species of algae produced energy-dense lipids that could be converted to biofuels, and teams around the world began to explore how to supercharge this lipid production.

A harmful algal bloom occurs when algae grow at a rapid rate in a body of water. The algae may produce toxins, which can harm marine ecosystems and, in some cases, humans. "Over the last four ...

Anthropogenic means that their formation and reproduction are caused by human intervention, such as excess waste in the water. "The presence of algae on hard substrates is natural. Their huge standing ...