Senior Research Scientist Mike Lomas works as director of the National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota at Bigelow Laboratory as well as the associated Center for Algal Innovation. Fritz ...

Scientists have discovered a newly identified marine fungus that can infect and kill toxic algae responsible for harmful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An "unprecedented" toxic algae bloom has overrun the coast of Southern California, sickening marine animals and staining the ...

Scientists have discovered the gene that enables marine algae to make a unique type of chlorophyll. They successfully implanted this gene in a land plant, paving the way for better crop yields on less ...

Marine algae, encompassing diverse groups such as brown, red and green seaweeds, are a vital component of coastal ecosystems and an increasingly important source of bioactive compounds. These ...

Congratulations, Southern California. Experts say the worst of the deadly algae bloom is over. The Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro on Wednesday announced that “there have been no new patients ...

Photosynthesis, the natural process of converting sunlight energy into chemical energy and generating molecular oxygen, is a remarkable natural phenomenon that not only forms the basis for sustaining ...

A toxic algae bloom in coastal waters has killed dozens of marine animals, including whales and dolphins, between San Diego and San Luis Obispo, and the area has been labeled an extreme danger zone by ...

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A nightmarish scene unfolded in the summer of 2023 across Los Angeles County beaches as hundreds of sick marine mammals washed ashore and became stranded in the sand. Beachgoers witnessed animals ...

Fluorescence image of coral Acropora juvenile polyps hosting the symbiotic algae (Breviolum minutum) that was used in the research paper, shown as red dots. Green color is the endogenous green ...