Researchers in India have demonstrated that microscopic aquatic creatures could be used as the ecological equivalent of a canary in a coalmine for assessing inland freshwater lakes and ponds. The team ...

Pseudocolor image of a diatom from Taupo volcanic ash on the Chatham Islands. Pseudocolor image of a diatom from Taupo volcanic ash on the Chatham Islands. Alexa Van Eaton Slimy brown algae not only ...

SEASIDE, Ore. - Weather conditions have been fueling massive diatom blooms all along Clastop County beaches, according to the Seaside Aquarium. Diatoms are single-celled plants (phytoplankton) found ...

Under a microscope, carefully arranged diatoms form a dazzling display. Diatoms are single-celled algae (in the stramenopile supergroup) that live in sunny, wet habitats. The organisms come in many ...

As a girl growing up at the edge of Puget Sound's tidal flats, Carla Stehr found magic in the muck. Ribbons of eelgrass. Spitting clams. Burrowing sea cucumbers. The older she got, the closer she ...

Scientists know that microbial life can survive under some extreme conditions—including, hopefully, harsh Martian weather. But new research suggests that one particular microbe, an algal species found ...

Nineteen centric diatom species are described and illustrated from the Highland Lake District of northeastern Wisconsin. Genera treated include Attheya West, Cyclotella (Kütz.) Bréb., Melosira C. A.