From the mud, straw, and gypsum mixtures of ancient Egypt's monumental pyramids to the sophisticated underwater material ...

Ecosystems are characterized by interconnected structure and functions. A study published in the open-access journal PLOS ...

Researchers discovered how coccolithophores, a subset of haptophytes, harness the sun's energy, which could lead to ...

In a study on the structure of the periphytic community on a seasonal scale in the Garças reservoir (also in the state of São Paulo), Borduqui et al. (2008) observed a dominance of Cyanobacteria ...

Learn expert strategies for fishing slop mats for largemouth bass with frogs, flipping jigs, and Texas-rigged plastics.

Scientists are designing a new living material that captures carbon dioxide directly from the air. It uses photosynthetic ...

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

An infrequent but troublesome problem in East Texas ponds is blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria. These microscopic aquatic organisms thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters.

MUNCIE, Ind. (WISH) — Muncie city officials are temporarily closing Prairie Creek Reservoir Beach due to elevated levels of microcystins, a toxin produced by blue-green algae.

The blooms have become an annual problem in the Great Lakes. DNA studies show what’s growing there and why it’s dangerous.

A new study led by Harvard biologists describes how some sea slugs consume algae and incorporate their photosynthetic organelles into their own bodies. The organelles continue to perform ...

Woodcliff Lake now has four new floating wetland islands to eliminate algae in one of Veolia North America's reservoirs along the Hackensack River.