Algae is a ubiquitous feature in waterways throughout the globe, including western North America. Slippery, green epilithic algae is a familiar sight on river rocks. Toxic blue-green ...

May 30—WORTHINGTON — The mild winter brought an abundance of filamentous algae growth to Lake Okabena in Worthington. Dan Livdahl, Okabena-Ocheda Watershed District Administrator, suspects the algae ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- An employee of the U.S. Geological Survey gave an overview of the results from a five-year study of filamentous algae on Arkansas' Buffalo River on the first day of the Arkansas ...

Imagine for a moment packing up the car, making sure the kayaks on top of the Subaru (it has to be a Subaru, right?) are tied down snugly and heading toward the nation's first national river, only to ...

Algae is a ubiquitous feature in waterways throughout the globe, including western North America. Slippery, green epilithic algae is a familiar sight on river rocks. Toxic blue-green algae – ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Many people are noticing large swaths of green, wavy agal blooms in Montana waters this summer. Experts say it is called filamentous algae, which are photosynthesizing, single-celled ...

The most frequent question that I’ve received in the past week and a half is about the green color of the water in ponds. Surpassing garden, lawn and pasture questions, managing one’s pond has always ...

When I beheld the extraordinarily vivid green lower Manzana Creek waters in late June, it felt truly hallucinogenic and reminded me of visions I’d had ingesting LSD (stupidly) back in my late 1960s ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - An infrequent but troublesome problem in East Texas ponds is blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria. These microscopic aquatic organisms thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters. Under ...

While filamentous algae blooms are creating a significant shift in the ecosystem structure of western rivers, researchers see minimal change in the river's ecosystem metabolism and function.