Amidst the decline of reefs worldwide, UCR scientists have launched a $1.1 million project to uncover how coral regains ...

You'd think that losing 25 percent of your genes would be a big problem for survival. But not for red algae, including the seaweed used to wrap sushi. An ancestor of red algae lost about a quarter of ...

Red algae (Rhodophyta) exhibit extensive diversity and represent a critical component of marine ecosystems, as well as offering valuable biotechnological and commercial applications. Advances in ...

Scientists might soon be able to forecast when the see is gonna turn red - and don’t worry, it has nothing to do with the apocalypse. For the first time, researchers identified nearly a dozen viruses ...

The goal is to mimic the natural features of the shorelines — enough to attract some sea creatures to make the wall their new ...

False-color x-ray of the purported 1.6 billion-year-old red algae Stefan Bengtson; CCAL Earlier this week, researchers from the Swedish Museum of Natural History made a spectacular claim, announcing ...

Now, an international team of researchers led by the University of Göttingen has used DNA and data from fossil evidence to ...

A “red tide” is a type of harmful algal bloom, or HAB. It happens when algae grow so much in an area of the ocean that it discolors the water, often with a reddish or reddish-brown color. These red ...

Some of Florida's most popular beaches could be in for a one-two punch of trouble as thousands of spring breakers flock to the Sunshine State. A toxic algae bloom known as red tide is already killing ...