With the governor's rejection of a new management plan, some rules, including a ban on cruise ships flushing greywater near troubled reefs, won't take effect.

It's that time of year when finding a spot at your favorite beach is a lot harder to find. It's spring break season! Is there ...

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A new model demonstrates that the alga was brought to the tropics by strong currents, and thrived in ideal growing conditions.

Don't want red tide to crash your spring break plans? Check out where algae is currently, what to know about blooms in ...

they can exacerbate existing blooms. The turbulent waters stirred up by hurricanes like Helene and Milton can mix nutrient-rich waters from deeper regions of the Gulf of Mexico. This mixing provides ...

Florida’s Gulf Coast continues to grapple with the presence of red tide, caused by the harmful algal bloom organism Karenia brevis, with recent sampling revealing concentrations ranging from ...

Karenia brevis is a naturally occurring, single-celled organism belonging to a group of algae called ... causing blooms to be ...

Large concentrations can discolor water from red to brown, causing blooms to be called "red tides." K. brevis is found almost exclusively in the Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico ...