It can produce toxins called "harmful algae blooms" that can kill wild animals, farm livestock and pets. It can also cause rashes and illness in humans, if swallowed. Not all blue-green algal ...

The red tide has left tons of dead animals, has affected local businesses ... This season the toxic algae began in October 2017 and has since expanded by about 150 miles (240km) on Florida's ...

Japanese researchers have achieved a breakthrough by inserting energy-generating chloroplasts from algae into hamster cells, allowing these animal cells to photosynthesize. Previously, it was ...