Water testing is underway for Lake Monroe and Lake George, and the Florida Department of Health is advising people to take precautions.

The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County (DOH-Seminole) cautions the public about the presence of blue-green algae ...

A harmful algal bloom occurs in bodies of freshwater when Cyanobacteria, also called blue-green algae, produce toxins.

According to the above data from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), the bloom could be of Karenia mikimotoi — which is a type ...

Toxic algae blooms contain a neurotoxin that is likely ... A sick California sea lion with possible domoic acid poisoning lays on a beach wall in Santa Barbara, California, on March 25, 2025.

Petrel Cove Beach, Encounter Bay Boat Ramp and Parsons Headland on Tuesday. We studied the water under the microscope and extracted DNA for genetic analysis. Single-celled, microbial algae occur ...

The presence of blue-green ... the form of water-clearing zebra mussels, and the weather effects of climate change, the perfect conditions were created for the potentially toxic algae to bloom ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange) cautions the public of the presence of blue-green algae in Lake Sue.

Exposure to high levels of any blue-green algae blooms - whether by contact with water blooms, swallowing that water or inhaling airborne droplets - can cause health effects in people and animals.

Her comment was cut short by two loud, excruciating screams coming from the water near the area of Ocean Boulevard and Cherry Avenue, in front of the Long Beach Lifeguards Headquarters.