On a lake, it can look like pea soup, a green mat or blue or green paint. It might also look purplish or pink. No matter the color, it’s cyanobacteria, and it's toxic. While typically a late summer ...

Plymouth is warning both people and their pets to stay out of six ponds due to cyanobacteria blooms, also known as blue-green algae, in the water. The town currently has six ponds that have tested ...

Lake Okeechobee in Martin County has toxic algae. Cyanobacteria, commonly called blue-green algae, was present on June 24. DOH issued a water advisory June 27 Toxic algae in a part of Lake Okeechobee ...

A “toxic puzzle” is what first led ethnobotanist Dr. Paul Alan Cox to Guam, where the researcher spoke with the indigenous Chamorro people of two different villages about a paralytic disease that was ...

Benthic algae mats often appear attached to the floor of a waterway or floating in water in clumps. The bacteria were also reportedly seen earlier this week. Earlier this week, Clark County Public ...

MONTEREY — Officials are warning visitors to Lake Garfield to steer clear of blue-green algae blooms, which can pose a health risk to people and animals. Testing on June 3 revealed that the lake has ...

Health officials in Massachusetts are spreading the word about harmful blooms of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, in lakes and ponds around the state. In Plymouth, the public health ...

Summer is peak season for harmful algal blooms (also known as blue green algae, cyanobacteria harmful algal blooms, or HABs) and Idahoans are reminded to stay safe and protect their pets when ...

Florida Department of Health in Martin County reports case of harmful algae. It's in Lake Okeechobee near Southwest Kanner Highway and Southwest Conners Highway. Algae is common in Florida’s ...

Advisory signs were posted at Lake Mendocino recently after water samples revealed “a small amount of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae),” officials reported. According to a recent Facebook post by the ...