A team of evolutionary biologists and ecologists has a new idea for how scientists should classify algae species. FSU Assistant Professor of Biological Science Sophie McCoy and her team are proposing ...
An international team of marine scientists has identified and officially named four species of algae new to science, challenging previous taxonomical assumptions within the Porolithon genus. The ...
As Dr. Amsler points out, his lab collects material for algal taxonomists, particularly for Dr. Hommersand. “Dr. Hommersand and other algal taxonomists help us a great deal with identifying the ...
A group of scientists has discovered a species of algae that is capable of being selectively bred and could help create a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Algae has already been used to produce ...
Coastal authorities in southern Spain are preparing for continued large-scale arrivals of invasive Japanese brown algae ...
Scientists suggest algae could be embedded within biosensors that glow when toxins detected in the environment ...
Last summer, divers set out from China Cove Beach to remove an invasive algae species from Newport Harbor, and the city at the time said it had been removed by way of vacuum pumps that extracted the ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. --- Scleractinian corals, or hard corals, have been disappearing globally over the past four decades, a result of climate change, pollution, unsustainable coastal development and ...
A new species of alga found in Hawaii is emerging as a potential threat to coral reefs. Researchers from the University of Hawaii conducted a study establishing that the red algae have been growing on ...
Vacuum dredging of an invasive algae species out from Newport Harbor was completed earlier this month, but city officials extended a local emergency declaration on the issue to allow for federal and ...
A groundbreaking discovery has been made in the heart of the world-renowned Great Barrier Reef and unique reefs systems of the Coral Sea and Lord Howe Island, leading to a greater understanding of how ...