A team of evolutionary biologists and ecologists has a new idea for how scientists should classify algae species. FSU Assistant Professor of Biological Science Sophie McCoy and her team are proposing ...

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 ...

Rhodoliths may look like small rocks on the seafloor, but they are actually living algae that create habitats for marine life and contribute to long-term carbon storage. A new study found that the ...

As Dr. Amsler points out, his lab collects material for algal taxonomists, particularly for Dr. Hommersand. “Dr. Hommersand and other algal taxonomists help us a great deal with identifying the ...

The Locality project has reached a significant milestone to scale and validate innovative algae-based products.

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 ...

Algal blooms can seem to appear overnight. A stretch of ocean that looked clear days earlier can suddenly appear discolored ...

Last summer, divers set out from China Cove Beach to remove an invasive algae species from Newport Harbor, and the city at the time said it had been removed by way of vacuum pumps that extracted the ...

A new species of alga found in Hawaii is emerging as a potential threat to coral reefs. Researchers from the University of Hawaii conducted a study establishing that the red algae have been growing on ...

Algae in Great Bear Lake have changed significantly since the turn of the century due to climate change, a new study has ...

Scientists suggest algae could be embedded within biosensors that glow when toxins detected in the environment ...