Microscopic, plantlike organisms called algae thrive on the excess nutrients—like nitrogen and phosphorus—found in fertilizers that make their way from backyards and fields, producing blooms ...

Learn about our Editorial Policies. This year’s winner is Rafael Martín-Ledo, an independent researcher from Spain, for his microscopy image of diatoms. Martín-Ledo fished a sample of the algae, which ...

STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — A new satellite image taken this week byNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows signs of algae bloom in the northern and western parts of Lake Okeechobee.

(See S. Bengtson et al., “Three-dimensional preservation of cellular and subcellular structures suggests 1.6 billion-year-old crown-group red algae,” PLOS Biology ...

(FOX40.COM) — The deep blue waters of Clear Lake in Lake County have turned a startling green due to a massive algae bloom, according to NASA. Satellite images from NASA show varied shades of ...

Parasitic chytrid infecting snow algae. Parasitic chytrids causes host death. The image may only be used with appropriate caption or credit.