What's wiggly and red and (sometimes) found all over Southwest Florida beaches? This algae provides a home for critters and a ...

Parts of Southwest Florida beaches including Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel are seeing patches of harmless red-drift algae.

Scientists might soon be able to forecast when the see is gonna turn red - and don’t worry, it has nothing to do with the apocalypse. For the first time, researchers identified nearly a dozen viruses ...

During drier months, visitors can actually walk on the salt lake. — -- A popular salt lake in Turkey recently turned a deep red color thanks to an enormous bloom of Dunaliella salinas algae.

While the marine heatwaves killing the kelp ecosystem were alarming on their own, the researchers have discovered a new ...

Snow isn't always white; algae can make it look green, red, or orange, and scientists are trying to understand how and why these colorful patches appear.