Most of us know algae as that unwelcome visitor in an otherwise pristine aquarium. But some members of this mysterious group of mostly aquatic organisms have a hero’s role to play in clearing the ...

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 ...

Scleractinian corals, or hard corals, have been disappearing globally over the past four decades, a result of climate change, pollution, unsustainable coastal development and overfishing. However, ...

The new algae, Prototheca cutis, was discovered after scientists analyzed skin samples from a Japanese hospital patient, who had developed an ulcer as a result of the algae infection. The researchers ...