High-starch algae are important in biofuel production, as a feed supplement in agriculture and as an efficient way to bind carbon dioxide. Researchers have now found a new method to control starch ...

Phototropin connects blue light perception to starch metabolism in green algae. Nature Communications , 2025; 16 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57809-3 Cite This Page : ...

The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County is warning people about the presence of blue-green algae, which can produce toxins, spotted Monday near the western shore of Lorraine Lake in ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Potentially toxic algae has been discovered at a park along Austin's Lady Bird Lake just south of the Tom Miller Dam. The city's Watershed Protection Department recently posted ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Dozens of marine animals, including an unprecedented number of dolphins, are dying due to a toxic algae bloom now stretching from San Diego to ...

LOS ANGELES -- Dozens of marine animals, including an unprecedented number of dolphins, are dying due to a toxic algae bloom now stretching from San Diego to San Luis Obispo. The entire shoreline ...

Five facilities near schools and houses in L.A. County fumigate produce shipped from overseas with methyl bromide. But the air agency doesn’t plan to monitor the air or take any immediate steps ...

“Easily accessible from my house. It’s nice to just circle the loop,” said Rachel. Greenfield Lake, though, is also popular for algae. “In the summer months is when the water quality issues start to ...

LAist relies on reader donations to power our nonprofit newsroom. Support LAist by giving now. The Pacific Marine Mammal Center confirmed Wednesday that a female humpback whale, and a minke whale ...

Hydrilla, an aggressive aquatic plant, and algae blooms, which occur when colonies of algae grow out of control, pose serious risks to aquatic ecosystems, fish, shellfish and even human health.

Confirmation of the poisoning — caused when the animals ingest small bait fish and shellfish that have consumed the toxic algae — was announced on Wednesday, April 23, after researchers from ...