Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for developmental ...

Specifically, scientists have worked with “exosomes” — tiny biological mail trucks that stem cells dispatch to tell neighbors ...

For the first time and with help from artificial intelligence, researchers have conducted a comprehensive study of global ...

Harmful algal blooms continue to threaten coastal ecosystems and seafood safety worldwide. Among the organisms involved, the benthic dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima is a known producer of diarrhetic ...

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

At the bottom of the Baltic Sea, buried beneath layers of sediment and sealed off from light and oxygen, ancient phytoplankton have been lying dormant for thousands of years. Now, researchers have ...

An algae farm outdoor growth facility at General Atomics in San Diego. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) One by one, Big Oil firms have touted their investments in algae biofuels as ...

Toxic algae in Sierra National Forest is being retested by California water officials and considered by investigators in the mysterious deaths of a family this week while hiking along a trail ...

The Florida Department of Health in Volusia County (DOH-Volusia) cautions the public about the presence of harmful blue-green ...

Barges carrying mounds of coal toward St. Louis passed by Starved Rock at a snail’s pace, inching past yellow-orange trees and sandstone canyons. A bald eagle hovered above a path leading hikers ...

Septic-to-sewer conversion is the policy, but until enough sewage treatment plants are built, there will be septic systems ...

The "vile"-smelling, "guacamole-thick" algae is keeping beach-goers away. — -- What officials have called "unprecedented" toxic algae blooms in some of southern Florida's beaches and waterways is ...