POLK COUNTY, Fla - The Florida Department of Health in Polk County (DOH-Polk) is advising the public about the presence of ...

Sea moss is rich in nutrients—but it can also contain dangerous levels of heavy metals and iodine. Here’s what to know before ...

Will your next trip to Florida's beaches be filled with stinky seaweed? Here's what to know about sargassum and where it ...

Algae with domoic acid is sometimes called red tide, and biologists think runoff from the wildfires and ocean sediment ...

A toxic algae bloom off the Southern California coast continues to sicken sea lions, pelicans, and dolphins, and the care ...

Too many nutrients can cause microscopic marine algae to grow out of control with harmful effects on animals and people ...

It's not often that you hear about sea lions attacking humans, but recently a slew of assaults have occurred in California.

A string of rare sea lion attacks along the Southern California coast is raising concern as experts warn of a troubling ...

The dumping of effluent and fertilizer into Florida waters caused a massive bloom of phytoplankton, killing off much of the ...

Scientists have revived 7,000-year-old algae in a bid to help us understand how climate changes have affected the past.