Agency Lake’s summer season just hit a toxic snag. State health officials have slapped a recreational use health advisory on the Klamath County lake after lab tests confirmed cyanotoxins above ...

Researchers created a special kind of algae that can grab microscopic plastic pollution out of water almost like a magnet. The algae produce limonene, an orange-scented oil that helps them bind to ...

A University of Missouri researcher is pioneering an innovative solution to remove tiny bits of plastic pollution from our water. Mizzou's Susie Dai recently applied a revolutionary strain of algae ...

Austin is beginning to see something creepy in its waterways: Thick, floating blobs of blue-green algae in its lakes. The city of Austin has found algae colonies floating at Red Bud Isle on Lady Bird ...

A recreation use health advisory was issued for Agency Lake in Klamath County on July 1 for a toxic algae bloom, according to ...

A blue-green algae bloom has been reported in Lake Allatoona near Red Top Mountain Park marina, prompting health warnings for people visiting the area. Officials reported the bloom on May 7. The Cobb ...

Ty Cobb moved to Camas mainly for its lakes and would love nothing more than to take his family out kayaking or ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Jones Lake is undergoing restoration work as the city addresses years of silt buildup that has left the water choked with algae and overgrowth. The lake has become too shallow ...

Phytoplankton is an important component of the food-web and is predated by a wide variety of aquatic organisms, such as water fleas, copepods and fish. These microscopic algae also play a crucial role ...

Nevadans looking to escape the early spring heat around Las Vegas may be tempted to visit Lake Mead. However, it's not advised to swim in Lake Mead right now. The lake has been experiencing a harmful ...

I went to the Reflecting Pool because, as a certain American naturalist once said of a different pond, I wished to “live deliberately” and “see if I could not learn what it had to teach.” I doubted ...