If you’ve spent time near the coast and beaches around Bradenton and Anna Maria Island lately, you may have noticed thick, dark mats of icky-looking stuff floating in the water. What is it? And why ...

Blooms of red tide and Lyngbya algae continue to impact waters around Manatee County this week. Bloom levels of the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, were observed in recent samples in lower Tampa ...

If you’ve spent time near the coast and beaches around Anna Maria Island and Bradenton lately, you may have noticed thick, dark mats of icky-looking stuff floating in the water. What is it? And why ...

While toxic red tide algae continues to strengthen in the open waters of Tampa Bay, there’s another potentially harmful algal bloom that is catching the attention of residents closer to shore. It’s ...

MARTIN COUNTY — Clumps of potentially harmful algae have been spotted around a popular boater hangout this summer. A brown, stringy, fluffy algae that resembles poop and can smell like rotten eggs ...

ANNA MARIA, Fla — Clumps of thick greenish-brown algae have formed a vast film over Sarasota Bay's waters. It's a type of algae known as Lyngbya or "gumbo algae" and it has also taken over the ...

Lyngbya algae pulled from Lake St. Clair near the shore in Harrison Township. (Macomb County) MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – Samples of algae have been pulled from Lake Saint Clair with the goal of ...

Harrison Township ― Dawn and Michael Skupin long wanted to live on Lake St. Clair. The Harrison Township residents bought their lakeside condominium in 2012, a bucket list item for Dawn before she ...

Foul-smelling and potentially harmful algae has blanketed an Indian River County boat ramp and stopped a kids summer camp from launching kayaks there over the weekend. Lyngbya was the "dominant ...

FAIRFIELD COUNTY, S.C. — Health officials are warning lake goers and river floaters to look out for harmful algae blooms this summer. Harmful algae blooms can appear in lakes, rivers and coastal ...

Thick mats of toxic material are creeping into Lake Wylie, rising to the surface and threatening to grow. Experts have the winter to figure out the best way to stop it. “We’ve got a new problem on our ...