This trendy plant is back on the market! Marimo, more commonly known as moss balls, make a fun addition to your indoor garden ...

Marimo moss balls actually are a form of algae | Photo by Toni Reale Meet Aegagropila linnaei, commonly known as Marimo moss ball. The term roughly translates to a bouncy ball that grows in water ...

A miniature zebra mussel clinging to a marimo moss ball might look harmless to an unsuspecting customer, but invasive species specialists in Seattle were immediately on high alert after one was ...

The Marimo Moss Ball is a plant that looks like a fuzzy green ball – and it's popular as a pet in Japan. And the Venus Flytrap is a carnivorous plant that can trap and digest insects.

Zebra mussels were found on a Marimo moss ball, an algae commonly used to decorate fish tanks, shipped from an aquarium supply company in Renton. Here’s what you need to know. Zebra mussels are ...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido—“Marimo” moss balls, the fuzzy green spheres that have brought fame to Lake Akanko here, are shrinking because of global warming, a research group found. The maximum ...

Moss balls, or “marimo” in Japanese, are popular pet water plants that are not a moss but a special growth form of filamentous algae. They are found naturally in lakes in northern Japan and ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is investigating the discovery of invasive zebra mussels in a shipment of Marimo moss balls at a wholesale aquarium company in Renton ...

Massive 'marimo' algae balls at risk from deadly winter sunburn. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 22, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 12 / 221223103435.htm ...

Climate change could overexpose rare underwater "marimo" algae balls to sunlight, killing them off according to a new study at the University of Tokyo. Marimo are living fluffy balls of green algae.