Marine algae, especially haptophytes, are vital for marine life, contributing up to 50% of the ocean's biomass and playing a major role in the global carbon cycle.

Haptophytes—the unicellular photosynthetic marine algae—are one of the major contributors to marine biomass. Scientists at Okayama University, Japan, unveil the first high-resolution structure ...

Tyler Coale at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his colleagues have now shown that this bacterium has evolved into a new cellular structure, or organelle.

A certain species of sea slug steals chloroplasts from algae and houses its contraband in special organelles that it can raid ...

Algae is versatile, and a new species shows promise as a source of fuel. The Week. US Edition. SUBSCRIBE & SAVE. Less than $3 per week.

Sea lions rarely attack humans, but this algae is known to alter their brains, causing them to be more aggressive and charge. ... The acid has a "structure similar to glutamate, ...

It takes the form of a simple structure made up of Bio-Blocks, which are developed by Prometheus Materials, a start-up company that originated from a research program at the University of Colorado.

Toxic algae bloom kills whales, pelicans 05:31. A vast bloom of toxic algae is killing more than 200 species of marine life off the southern coast of Australia, scientists and conservation groups say.

Algae blooms wreaking havoc on Rockland and Westchester swimming lakes 01:58. SLOATSBURG, N.Y.-- Popular swimming lakes in Hudson Valley counties are shut down due to unsafe levels of algae. Talk ...

The city said it is not aware of any human or pet health problems from harmful algae in Austin before 2019. The city noted that zebra mussels, flooding during the fall of 2018, and climate change ...