Science is supposed to help us see the world more clearly but sometimes, it just reveals how strange it really is. A grain of ...

Grab your lab coat, or at least pretend you have one, and prepare to zoom way, way in because we’re about to explore a world ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With spring break just days away, red tide has been reported in several Florida locations, bringing respiratory problems to some ...

Some red algae exhibit structural color that gives their growth tips a blue hue and the rest of their bodies including their fruiting structures a white hue. Moreover, since the color-producing ...

Glaciers around the world are turning beautiful but menacing shades of pink, red, purple, and green. Eric Maréchal has seen it firsthand in the European Alps. About 20 years ago, as he trekked through ...

Red tide, caused by the algae karenia brevis, has been discovered in St Andrews Bay and Mexico Beach. Health officials have issued alerts advising people to avoid swimming in affected areas due to ...

Anyone taking a stroll down the South Packery Channel Jetty in Corpus Christi has probably noticed something out of the norm recently — and it’s a bit smelly. Red algae called Digenea simplex is ...