Japan's World Expo touts unity, and algae, in turbulent times World Expo opens on Sunday with host Japan aiming to bring humanity together, despite global turmoil and tepid public enthusiasm for the ...

A wave of sea lions off the coast of Southern California have been sickened by an algae-produced toxin that makes them ...

Sea slugs, such as Elysia chlorotica, are small marine creatures that produce energy from sunlight - just like plants.

The horde of “demonic” sea lions that attacked people off the California coast in recent weeks lashed out because they were ...

Every year, thousands of tons of brown algae are extracted from the seabed to obtain compounds such as alginates, a polymer ...

Learn more about an algae bloom that's causing sea lions to act erratically, leading to a few cases of aggression.

The Tijuana River sewage crisis may be contributing to the current toxic algae bloom off the coast of Southern California, as the added nutrient load from the pollution is fueling the growth of ...

Sargassum seaweed is a problem throughout the Caribbean. But scientists have plans to transform it into a source of renewable ...

The changes in ocean chemistry were gradual. The Archaean period lasted 1.5 billion years. This is more than half of Earth’s ...

A new water testing lab is now open in Raleigh. The Drinking Water Compliance Laboratory is the city’s first new water ...

Nitrogen and phosphorous from septic tanks and fertilizer spawn the growth of algae in Kings Bay, the second largest ...