Green, murky water can signal more than an eyesore. Certain blooms raise safety concerns for swimmers, pets, and homeowners ...

Snow isn't always white; algae can make it look green, red, or orange, and scientists are trying to understand how and why these colorful patches appear.

Caring for a birdbath means frequent cleaning. Sometimes algae builds up and it can be tough to clean (and gross). This ...

David Garcia cleans weeds off his hook while fishing for kokanee salmon in Eagle Nest Lake in October. The New Mexico ...

With algae gaining global attention for their health potential, the ‘Algae for Health in Food and Pharma’ summit invites experts from academia and industry to convene in Dublin next ...

Tiny organisms called algae can have an outsized impact on working waterfronts. While many benefit their ecosystems, others ...

Let’s take a few moments to think about algae. The green slimy stuff that accumulates on the surface of lakes is Earth’s unsung hero, responsible for producing at least half of the oxygen we breathe ...

The future of fuel is green, slimy, and reeks of fish. "Fish smell like fish because fish eat algae," says Imad Ajjawi, a geneticist at the synbio company Synthetic Genomics in La Jolla, CA that grows ...

Algae are inevitable when you own a fish tank. With proper planning and preparation, you can ensure algae in a fish tank are kept under control, so this plant doesn’t become an issue for your fish. If ...

Scientists aim to reclaim thousands of hectares of desert using cyanobacteria that can stabilise sand and create foundation ...

Jamba's new Vanilla Blue Sky smoothie is boosted with spirulina, a blue-green algae. We tasted it, and it's actually pretty good.

Cement—the essential binding ingredient in concrete, bricks, and mortar—is a climate nightmare. To make it, you heat limestone and clay to extremely high temperatures using carbon-polluting fossil ...