Ohio voters just passed the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, and it could help to save the pollution-choked Great Lake.
You may not realize it, but seaweed is utterly essential to our world.
Scientists aren't sure what is causing this whirlpool of algae but believe it's likely to cause a marine dead zone.
You've heard of oysters that make pearls, but what about seaweed that makes opals?
We may owe our very existence to microscopic organisms that forever altered the food web.
Billions of bioluminescent algae literally make the sea sparkle in Tasmania's Preservation Bay off the coast of Australia.
It's nontoxic, time-lapse ink that you see ... and then you don't see ... and then you see again.
At Expo 2015, this work of 'bio-digital architecture' stands as a living, breathing spirulina snack machine.
Finally, a clever use for marine algae that appeals to both Danish mer-folk and lovers of Scandinavian design.
The sea has a dead zone the size of Texas, and it's growing bigger every year because of sewage and fertilizer flowing into the waters.
Gobs of microscopic organisms called algae may have met their match in viruses that can invade their cells, ultimately leading to death.
A pesky species of algae is infiltrating parts of eastern Canada due to global warming
No more drilling? Being able to transform algae into crude oil could revolutionize how we fuel up our vehicles.
Scientists are trying to figure out why the popular tourist destination has gone dark.
Bright pink algae that light up the Arctic seafloor like Las Vegas neon are also guides to hundreds of years of climate history.
The diatoms were launched by the Taupo super-eruption on New Zealand's North Island 25,000 years ago.
Glowing waves and beaches blanketed in seaweed are some of the specatular results of algae gone amok.
As sea ice melts at the poles, increasingly more sunlight hits the seafloor, allowing algae to thrive in ecosystems once dominated by invertebrates.
Rising senior Evie Sobczak's new method for turning algae into biofuel is cleaner and more efficient than current methods.
AlgaeBulb, an LED light bulb that, as described, is filled with microorganisms that power the bulb itself.
The BIQ House is a 15-unit net-zero energy algae-powered apartment complex clad with an algae-filled bio-adaptive shell.
The difference in color between the northern and southern halves of Utah's Great Salt Lake are clear as day. But what causes that pink hue?
Algae alternative fuel research could change the future, and ASU is leading the way. A $15 million U.S. Department of Energy grant was awarded to the Algae Tes
Mezzo-soprano Louise Ashcroft wore a squid-like mask. As she sang, the carbon dioxide fed the algae in her mask and nearby tanks, and the algae grew over the co
The $34 million renovation took two years to complete is expected to save million of gallons of water a year, but the work had an unintended side effect. The po
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool reopened to the public at the end of August, after an almost 2-year renovation costing $34 million. After being recently fi
Algae-based fuels are finally reaching the commercial stage, and they're already in airplanes and U.S. Navy ships. And they could be coming soon to a gas statio
Historic floods and relentless storms are expected to boost the dead zone up to 15 percent larger than ever before, experts say.
By increasing the lipid content, VG Energy says it could make algal biofuel at significantly lower costs.
Algae fuel start-ups across the country are getting closer to commercial scale production of the environmentally friendly fuel, thanks to investment from the go
Reduction of dangerous phosphates in cleaners has some protesting lack of cleaning prowess.
There is a lot of hype around algae-based biofuel but is it that much better than petroleum? Or is it even possible without petroleum? UVA Study.
Breakthrough algae oil technology unveiled in Los Angeles! Sarah Backhouse was there and give you the scoop.
'Fuel' documentary brings change to classrooms. Film's green curriculum inspires schools to switch to biodiesel buses.
Fast-spreading algae has spread quickly along crucial New York waterways that provide drinking water.
The 'City of Light' announces plan to produce 50 percent of its energy from algae.
Whether it's Dry January or Dry July, a month off from alcohol could be good for your body.
With more people drinking less, alcohol-free cocktails have come a long way since the days of sugary-sweet mocktails and tasteless beer.
New research finds the traditional beer can flick does nothing at all for fizz.
A new study finds some marine animals are brilliant virus exterminators.
A new policy allows research animals at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be adopted into forever homes when their experiments end.
Ants determine if a newcomer is a friend or foe based on how certain chemical markers are decoded in their brain — and getting along is the default setting.
Scientists are outfitting wandering albatrosses with radar to spot illegal operations in the open sea where technology fails.
A study of rainbow jewel beetle finds iridescence may be the ultimate form of camouflage.
This giant Galapagos tortoise will "retire" from a successful mating program that helped the species rebound from very small numbers.
Experts at San Diego Zoo's medical center perform cataract surgery on Leslie the lowland gorilla to save her eyesight.
A newborn flamingo baby is going viral after posts by the Denver Zoo.
insects in German forests and grasslands have declined by about one-third in just the past decade.
Scientists got rats to drive little cars, and it could help improve mental health treatments for humans.
Researchers have found a toad that perfectly mimics a poisonous snake right down to its hiss.