A day after the warmest temperatures of the year arrived in Western Washington, the Kitsap Public Health District issued a warning to avoid Kitsap Lake in Bremerton due to potentially toxic ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange) cautions the public about the presence of harmful blue-green algae toxins in Lake Apopka (Newton Park dock). With ...

Health officials are warning of toxic blue-green algae blooms in the upriver Caloosahatchee in Southwest Florida. Contact with the contaminated water should be avoided by people, pets and livestock ...

Algae blooms are expanding across the world's oceans. The first global study of floating algae was recently released by researchers at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science and the ...

State health officials are urging the public to avoid a South Florida canal until further notice after detecting the presence of toxic blue-green algae in the waterway. The Florida Department of ...

A boat sails through a deepening algae bloom across the Caloosahatchee River in 2018. The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County warned of possible blue-green algae in Twin Lakes Canal on ...

A new study pinpoints the main cause of harmful algal blooms in Blue Mesa Reservoir, and includes a recommendation for a minimum water level to prevent them. A study released in December by scientists ...

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Osceola County issued a health alert on Jan. 9 due to harmful blue-green algae toxins detected in Lake Marian – Pavilion area. A water sample ...

Health officials in Lee County are warning of a toxic cyanobacteria bloom in Cape Coral's Gator Slough canal. Residents are advised to avoid all contact with the water, including swimming, wading, or ...

Jules Leon climbed into a Ford pickup truck fitted with a net, a wheeled crate he calls a “moon buggie” and a defective winch. It was March 18 and Leon was on his way to Redondo Beach — for his third ...

A long-term analysis shows that a major Oregon reservoir abruptly swapped one type of toxic algae for another midway through the 12-year study period, absent any obvious cause. The project provides a ...