A group of scientists has discovered a species of algae that is capable of being selectively bred and could help create a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Algae has already been used to produce ...

An international research team has described a newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum and its cell functions for the first time in a recent publication in the journal Environmental ...

An international team of marine scientists has identified and officially named four species of algae new to science, challenging previous taxonomical assumptions within the Porolithon genus. The ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. --- Scleractinian corals, or hard corals, have been disappearing globally over the past four decades, a result of climate change, pollution, unsustainable coastal development and ...

Plastic pollution may be quietly fueling algal blooms by knocking out the grazers that usually keep algae under control.

An aerial view of surfers waiting for a set at Dog Beach in Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) It was one of the largest, longest and most lethal harmful algae blooms in Southern ...

Noelle Held, a USC microbiologist and oceanographer, collects a water sample at Surfrider Beach on June 1. (Hon Wing Chiu / For The Times) When scores of dead and dying sea animals began washing up on ...

A hidden pigment helps ocean algae harness sunlight without getting burned—and it may hold clues for better solar tech.

Dermatologists who once dismissed algae as nothing more than the green gunk that clogs swimming pools are now prescribing skincare products packed with marine and freshwater algae extracts. What was ...