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

Blue-green algae is known to emit toxins which can cause skin irritation in humans, or stomach upsets if a lot of affected ...

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

Lake Erie in North America has been taken over toxins-producing algae, photos taken from space show. It has turned a lurid ...

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

Lake Erie in North America has been overtaken by toxin-producing algae, as shown in photos taken from space. The lake has ...

California water officials plan to dye McLeod Lake in downtown Stockton starting Monday to study the cause of the waterfront’s notorious harmful algae, a city news release said. Through Friday ...

Just days after the White Oak Pond Watershed Association filed a $100,000 grant application with the state to create a ...

The reported algae bloom is dominated by Microcystis and appears bright green, but when it decays, the color can change to a milky blue and even produce a strong odor. One resident who has lived ...

The results showed no toxins present. "We found that there were no detectable levels of microcystis which are one of the main forms that are present during a cyanobacteria bloom if they are making ...