Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in Florida and the second largest in the Southeastern United States. Over the past two ...

Seneca, Cayuga, Canandaigua and Keuka lakes have experienced an increasing number of reported harmful algal blooms this ...

The Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County has issued a health alert for Lake Thonotosassa after a water sample ...

A new breakthrough points to toxins, yet the mystery of what sparked this bizarre phenomenon continues to puzzle experts.

Swimming at the town beach remained off limits for people and pets this week as a late-summer algae bloom thickened and visibility remained unacceptably low. The town’s sanitarian, Jim Garreffi of the ...

Nearly 50 species, including Sawfish, suffered last Fall from a mysterious spinning. FGCU Professor helped find a potential ...

The study comes from Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, which found that nitrogen ...

With the Labor Day weekend approaching, Jacksonville, residents and visitors are advised to be wary of blue-green algae in the Ortega River.

"Toxins concentrate in surface scums during calm weather," NOAA warned. "People and pets should not swim in areas with scum." ...

Microcystin and other toxins from cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, can cause mild symptoms — or serious health ...

Minnesota is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but the state's health department has an important warning this fall.

That problem is lyngbya, or blue-green algae that can cause sickness for people and pets who come in contact with it. It only ...