Scientists have identified a marine fungus that was previously unknown and is capable of killing toxic algae known to ...

Nikon’s Small World in Motion competition offers a unique window into life under a microscope. A tardigrade, colloquially known as water bears, move around a volvox algae colony. Tardigrades are water ...

Algae oil is far less known than olive oil — the famously healthy Mediterranean diet star — but it’s getting increased attention for its own health benefits, taste and versatility. The cooking oil has ...

An image of a common agricultural pest on a single grain of rice has won the top prize at this year's Nikon Small World competition. China’s Zhang You took home the first-place award for his striking ...

From secret mushroom worlds to extreme close-ups of cell motion, these photographs represent how, in science, things often aren't what they seem on the surface. Reading time 3 minutes What you see ...

The first-place winner of the 2025 Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition captures a self-pollinating flower. Jay McClellan via Nikon Small World in Motion Video Competition Nikon has revealed ...

ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. (WNCT) — Atlantic Beach lifted its swim advisory after an algae bloom known as trichodesmium or sea sawdust came close to shore yesterday. The brown sheen in the water is a ...

Lakes Camelot, Sherwood and Arrowhead in Rome, Wisconsin have been troubled for years by algae blooms, some of which have been toxic. The lake management district enlisted the help of Moleaer, a ...

Rutgers graduate student Heshani Pupulewatte (at right in yellow hard hat) collects water samples measuring conductivity, temperature and depth on a research ship in the Southern Atlantic Ocean. The ...

The glassy waters of Hazelwood Lake, in northern Ontario, shatter as a plankton net crashes through the surface. Nathan Wilson, a doctoral candidate with Lakehead University’s environmental and ...

What struck Scott Bennett most were the razor clams. The long saltwater clams, resembling old-fashioned razors, normally burrow into sand to avoid predators. But when Bennett, an ecologist, visited ...