On a lake, it can look like pea soup, a green mat or blue or green paint. It might also look purplish or pink. No matter the color, it’s cyanobacteria, and it's toxic. While typically a late summer ...

In the waters off Iwo Jima, a volcanic island in Japan’s Satsuma archipelago, the sea has a distinct green tint. It’s not just a trick of the light — it’s caused by microscopic particles of oxidized ...

Plymouth is warning both people and their pets to stay out of six ponds due to cyanobacteria blooms, also known as blue-green algae, in the water. The town currently has six ponds that have tested ...

Lake Okeechobee in Martin County has toxic algae. Cyanobacteria, commonly called blue-green algae, was present on June 24. DOH issued a water advisory June 27 Toxic algae in a part of Lake Okeechobee ...

A “toxic puzzle” is what first led ethnobotanist Dr. Paul Alan Cox to Guam, where the researcher spoke with the indigenous Chamorro people of two different villages about a paralytic disease that was ...

Toxic algae blooms in the Caloosahatchee River are a recurring problem, with the latest 'all-clear' in Alva possibly ...

Health officials have cleared a Caloosahatchee canal after a toxin-producing algae bloom was found. The bloom contained cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, which can release harmful toxins.

Several ponds that are typically packed with people in Plymouth, Massachusetts are completely empty because they are filled with dangerous bacteria. No boaters, no swimmers. No beachgoers. All because ...

EASTHAMPTON — Stay out of Rubber Thread Pond. That’s the message from the Easthampton Health Department, which issued a health advisory for the body of water behind the city’s 50 Payson Ave. parking ...

Health officials in Massachusetts are spreading the word about harmful blooms of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, in lakes and ponds around the state. In Plymouth, the public health ...