The Wisconsin DNR listed Green Lake as an impaired body of water in 2014 as a result of high phosphorous, which fuels algae blooms. Sources of pollution include runoff from farms, livestock, yard ...

Under the sea, green algae have evolved a clever way to handle too much sunlight. Scientists found that a special pigment called siphonein acts like a natural sun shield, protecting the algae’s ...

Paleontologists have identified a new genus and species of algae called Protocodium sinense that predates the origin of land plants and modern animals and provides new insight into the early ...

It happens every summer: blue-green algae bloom into vast blankets of colorful scum in lakes, disrupting ecosystems and potentially exposing people to toxins. Blue-green algae, also known as ...

Around 500 million years ago—when the Earth was already a ripe 4 billion years old—the first green plants appeared on dry land. Precisely how this occurred is still one of the big mysteries of ...

Winnebago County Health Department urges residents to avoid pea-soup colored water and report any contact with algae ...

I went to the Reflecting Pool because, as a certain American naturalist once said of a different pond, I wished to “live deliberately” and “see if I could not learn what it had to teach.” I doubted ...

There’s nothing quite like taking a dip in a refreshing lake to seek relief from the sizzling summer heat. But a recent viral video about a dog that died after doing just that at two popular Lake ...

There are basically four types of algae, based on their color: green, blue-green, red, and brown. Green and blue-green algae are found in freshwater as well as saltwater. Red and brown algae are found ...

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (CBS) -- Anyone heading up to Geneva Lake in Wisconsin should be advised—as state health officials are testing the water for blue-green algae. The Geneva Lake Environmental Agency, a ...