The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures ...

Trace metals such as iron or zinc that are stored in deep-sea sediments are lost forever to phytoplankton on the ocean ...

It was one of the largest, longest and most lethal harmful algae blooms in Southern California’s recorded history, claiming ...

Sea urchins have mixed reviews in the saltwater aquarium scene. Some people love them because they are fascinating to watch ...

Ten fur seals and hundreds of fish washed up dead on a Pribilof beach last year. New research links the die-off to warming ...

Sea lions do not often attack humans, but a slew of recent assaults points to an algae that scientists say is poisoning the animals — and making them more aggressive. This algae releases a ...

Los Angeles County officials and members from the Marine Mammal Care Center celebrated the end of the longest toxic domoic acid outbreak with the release of sea lion pups back into safer ocean waters.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A record amount of sargassum piled up across the Caribbean and nearby areas in May, and more is expected this month, according to a new report.

Researchers have identified a species of blue-green algae in the Duluth-Superior harbor that’s capable of producing harmful ...

Knowing this, they hope to better understand, detect and predict when a bloom might occur, or even trace the algae to a ...

A team of researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has developed a coating designed to prevent algae and ...

Now, 32-year-old Christopher Hurtado, of Santa Paula, has pleaded guilty “to two felony counts related to the beating of a sea lion suffering on a Ventura beach from recent algae blooms,” the Ventura ...