Toxic red algae blooms in Florida have spread to metropolitan counties on the state's east coast, triggering large-scale beach closures and fears of a plunge in the tourist economy. WEST PALM BEACH, ...

Red algae called Digenea simplex is lining a long stretch of the beach and piling up as high as 4 feet in some areas. The thick, hairy red algae grows in large mats that look a lot like stinky ...

This season the toxic algae began in October 2017 and has ... there is no practical and acceptable way to control or kill red tide blooms." Under that scenario, for Mr Bartleson at least part ...

A thick, hairy red algae covers large portions of the sand near the South Packery Jetty in Corpus Christi, according to popular marine biologist Jace Tunnell.

A network of canals, levees and water-control structures has fundamentally changed ... all the nutrient pollution and toxic blue-green algae go with it — worsening red tide, a type of harmful algal ...

Destructive algae have returned to Florida's coastline ... there is currently "no practical and acceptable way to control or kill red tide blooms".

Red tide is caused by high concentrations of a toxin-producing microscopic algae, called K. brevis, that is found in the Gulf of Mexico. Tests conducted Dec. 5 confirmed red tide at Seagate ...

A bioluminescent algae that appears pinkish-red in the day and glows blue when disturbed has appeared across Tasmania's south-eastern coastline. Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin, a biologist and world-leading ...