Microalgae are widely used in products such as biofuels, nutritional supplements and cosmetics. A newly-described type has been found in a home aquarium – and it could prove to be particularly useful.

Have you noticed the many ponds and backwater areas that are covered with green scum? The fishermen are upset because this scum fouls up their fishing lines and boat motors. Those who have fish tanks, ...

Phytoplankton is an important component of the food-web and is predated by a wide variety of aquatic organisms, such as water ...

To sea lions, an anchovy represents little more than a bite of dinner. In a strange turn of events, microscopic algae have enabled some anchovies to bite back—albeit posthumously. A new study ...

In the summer of 2022, toxins produced by the brackish-water algae Prymnesium parvum killed about 1,000 metric tons of fish, ...

People walking past Lake Isaac Waterfowl Sanctuary for the last week and a half have been greeted with an unpleasant odor. If they investigated the source of the smell, they would have found hundreds ...