While humans wouldn’t be very happy to find that organisms were growing on their skin, particularly fungi, algae, and insects, it works out pretty well for sloths. Sloths may be hosting entire ...

Alpine lakes across the American West, long prized for their crystalline water and stark beauty, are losing their clarity.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – State health officials are keeping an eye on a local lake due to the presence of damaging algae that is feeding on an abundance of nutrient sources in the water. Lake Shawnee is ...

Days ago, Jerry stopped by my website, AsktheBuilder.com. He reads my column each week in his local paper and was perplexed by algae growth on the exterior of his home. Jerry hales from Chesterton, ...

Sick of the earthy taste and smell of your water but don't want to buy environmentally unfriendly plastic water bottles? There are a few solutions to combat the "seasonal taste and odor issues" that ...

Rows of citrus trees stretch across the landscape under the California sun, their canopies forming neat green corridors between irrigation lines and tractor paths. Some trees are newly trimmed, others ...

Microplastics cause decreases in the populations of grazing animals in ponds, ultimately resulting in toxic algal blooms.

Some folks may take a fill-it-and-forget-it approach to birdbaths. Birds are used to a little muck, right? Actually, changing the water should be routine.

DTU researchers have developed an important coating for underwater drones and solar cell platforms. The coating will not adorn the drones in different colors, but rather act as a self-polishing layer ...

For about a year, an algal bloom in South Australian waters has had devastating effects on marine life. At my local beach, ...