State biologists have confirmed the presence of Karenia brevis, the organism that causes red tide, in two water samples collected from Northwest Florida over the past week. According to the latest ...
Water samples collected along Florida’s Gulf Coast in early May 2026 have turned up low concentrations of Karenia brevis, the ...
It is not a bad start to the Red Tide season across western Florida, especially since no microorganisms have been detected in the southwest, where toxic algae blooms often occur during early fall. But ...
Florida officials are stepping up Gulf Coast monitoring after detecting low concentrations of the red tide organism Karenia brevis in recent samples. Although levels remain below those that typically ...