A group of scientists has discovered a species of algae that is capable of being selectively bred and could help create a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Algae has already been used to ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. “Previously, the oldest widely accepted fossilized green algae was about 800 million years old,” Timothy Gibson, a postdoc at Dartmouth College ...

Spirulina? It's way more than just a simple algae! If you've been wondering about the benefits of this superfood, you're in the right place. Discover why spirulina has become a star ingredient in ...

There is a species of green algae that only lives on sloth fur. Sloth hair is unique among mammals in that it contains microcracks, making it perfectly suited for algae growth. In fact ...

“There are hundreds if not thousands of different species of algae out there and ... Babies won’t be dining on bottles of green algae anytime soon. Rather, the protein would be produced ...

Small shrimps of the genus Hippolyte have the ability to change color to camouflage themselves in the algae where they live and escape predators. Depending on the algae they are in, they can turn red, ...

Lucie rivers, all the nutrient pollution and toxic blue-green algae go with it — worsening red tide, a type of harmful algal bloom. The Corps’ discharges of polluted water are killing countless marine ...

But these animals don’t bulk up on a high-protein diet. Instead, they rely largely on energy produced by algae living inside them. In a new study led by CU Boulder, scientists sequenced the genome of ...

Instead, they rely largely on energy produced by algae living inside them. In a new study led by CU Boulder, scientists sequenced the genome of the most widespread species of giant clam ...