Taranaki residents are urged to be cautious after potentially toxic cyanobacteria has been detected in four rivers. Taranaki ...

Taranaki Regional Council found exposed mats of cyanobacteria in four rivers - the Manganui, Waingongoro, Kaupokonui and ...

What is Azolla: A highly nutritious fern that green mat ducks eat on ponds. It has a species of cyanobacteria living inside the fern that provides the plant with essential nitrogen. What is ...

It seemed a shame, then, that a highly nutritious fern called Azolla — that green mat ducks eat on ponds — long ago made a pact with a species of cyanobacteria, an “endocyanobiont.” ...

The California study involved visual surveys, cyanobacteria-dominated mat samples and water samples. Resulting data revealed widespread prevalence of the toxins throughout the middle and lower ...

Billions of years ago, Earth was home to extreme environments, including intense UV radiation, frequent volcanic eruptions, and very high concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Yet, under ...

The quality of New York’s drinking water—and the complex system that delivers it to each New Yorker’s tap—has long been a source of pride for city officials and residents alike. Intricate aqueducts, ...

Two years ago, scientists surveyed the floor of Lake Michigan looking for shipwrecks. They found something mysterious and ...

The Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announced the blue-green algae advisory at Lake Washington and Keech Pond can be lifted.

The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced Wednesday that the blue-green algae advisory at Smith and Sayles Reservoir in ...