​While blue-green algae can be beneficial to aquatic ecosystems, overgrowth can lead to blooms that pose health concerns.

Noelle Held, a USC microbiologist and oceanographer, collects a water sample at Surfrider Beach on June 1. (Hon Wing Chiu / For The Times) When scores of dead and dying sea animals began washing up on ...

Is your pond healthy? This is a question landowners should ask themselves when maintaining water sources on their property. Jeremy Duck, fisheries biologist at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife ...

According to the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), on top of the many natural ponds scattered throughout the state, it also has 76,000 urban stormwater ...

The lower lakes at Deer Lakes Park are “virtually unfishable,” said Tom Fitzgerald, a longtime fisherman and East Deer resident. Fitzgerald walks the park nearly every day and notes three glaring ...

Dan Egan's book "The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance" discusses how phosphorus overuse is resulting in toxic blue algae overgrowth in rivers and lakes in the United States and ...

Their unique ability to mitigate the impending threat of algae overgrowth was generally masked by their low natural abundance throughout the region. By increasing their abundance, they facilitate the ...

The view from Sam Randall’s back porch in Geneva’s Mill Creek subdivision overlooks a retention pond in the Tanna Farms Golf Club that was green with algae overgrowth, buggy, and stinky this summer.

A trailhead log is seen outside the main building at Little’s Lake on Monday in Albany. The Weare C. Little Memorial Park Association offers free boats, life jackets, fishing off two docks and a mile ...

When scores of dead and dying sea animals began washing up on L.A.-area beaches just weeks after January’s devastating fires, the timing seemed suspicious. Harmful algae blooms had sickened marine ...