During red tide events, the researchers collected Karenia brevis bloom samples to analyze in a lab. They used a method called ...

A toxic algae bloom is causing sea lions and other mammals and birds to become sick. Domoic acid toxicity is caused by ocean blooms of algae called Harmful Algal Blooms. The toxin causes ...

A state environmental agency on Friday confirmed the presence of an algal bloom along a Homosassa River canal where the ...

Marine life care centers across Southern California are reporting a surge in the number of stranded dolphins and sick seals, likely caused by a growing toxic algal bloom off the coast. The Marine ...

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While relatively common in Australian coastal waters, blooms of K. mikimotoi occur only sporadically. But similar harmful algal blooms and fish kills due to K. mikimotoi have happened in the past ...

Toxic algae blooms contain a neurotoxin that is likely impacting the sea lions. Sea lions on the California coast are reportedly displaying strange behavior, likely due to a harmful algae bloom ...

March 31 (UPI) --An early toxic algae bloom off the coast of Southern California is killing or sickening hundreds of sea lions, dolphins and seabirds, while forcing rescuers to make tough choices ...

Warner said these kinds of algal blooms and mass stranding events are happening more and more often. “These are very difficult stories for people to hear and I know it sort of creates that ...