Ross Edgley was 950 miles into his 1,000-mile swim around the coast of Iceland when his body began to fall apart. Trapped off the south-west coast, near Grindavik, pinned between an erupting volcano, ...

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 ...

Before plants evolved, vegetative life consisted of primitive green algae living in the sea. Like plants, these algae survived by performing photosynthesis, turning sunlight into energy. However, ...

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County is cautioning the public on the presence of blue-green algae in Lake Ashby in New Smyrna Beach. Experts say blue-green algae ...

Health officials are warning of toxic blue-green algae blooms in the upriver Caloosahatchee in Southwest Florida. Contact with the contaminated water should be avoided by people, pets and livestock ...

While communities on the eastern side of South Australia's Yorke Peninsula celebrate what may be the end of the algal bloom, their neighbours to the west are seeing the effects for the first time.