Algae blooms regularly make for pretty, swirly satellite photos of lakes and oceans. They also make the news occasionally for poisoning fish, people and other animals. What's less frequently discussed ...

Coralline algae, a group of calcified red algae, play a critical role in marine ecosystems by contributing to reef stability and acting as ecosystem engineers. Taxonomically, these algae are ...

While studying the bacteria that break down algal blooms, scientists found something they did not expect: The algae were being eaten up by only a select few microbes. This finding differs from many ...

The red calcified coralline algae are intriguing organisms. Ubiquitous in the world’s seas from the poles to the tropics, they are morphologically highly diverse, slow growing, one of the longest ...