Thurston County issued health advisories for Offut Lake and Lake Lawrence last week after testing water samples.

Researchers at McGill University have identified bacteria that can indicate whether a blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) bloom ...

From lakes to even parts of the Rio Grande, toxic algae blooms have sparked more warnings about New Mexico’s waters this year ...

The New Mexico Environment Department released a warning on Thursday about toxic algae found in Eagle Nest Lake near Taos.

Thurston County issued a toxic algae health advisory for Offutt Lake and Lake Lawrence due to high Microcystin levels.

Harmful algal blooms in freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams generally consist of visible patches of cyanobacteria or blue-green algae. Cyanobacteria are naturally present in low numbers in ...

But, while training this year, he noticed something different, widespread blooms of toxic blue-green algae coating parts of the river. The harmful bacteria had been there for weeks. "It's usually down ...

Even as overnight temperatures dip into the 20s, harmful algal blooms (HABs) are still being spotted on Cayuga Lake — raising concerns and curiosity among scientists and residents alike. The Community ...

In 2008, a Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring Alert Program was set up in which marine investigators at several pier stations from La Jolla to Humboldt County check for harmful species of algae and their ...

The City of Boulder is asking residents to keep themselves and their pets out of the water at the Boulder Reservoir due to a possible harmful algae bloom. Although the swim beach is closed for the ...

Provo's mayor and the group that oversees Utah Lake say they want the lake free of carp and water-stealing invasive ...

The small, fragile colony of surviving little penguins on South Australia's Granite Island records a "significant increase" in numbers amid the state's harmful algal bloom.