PORTLAND, Ore. — For an ever-moving waterway, the Willamette River near Portland sure looked like a still pond full of unidentifiable green scum on Monday — a matter of concern for a lot of people, ...

SLEEPY EYE, Minn. — On a quiet, summer day, Laurie Hammerschmidt and her dog Daisy, a 5-year-old boxer, take their routine walk around the shore of Sleepy Eye Lake. “Daisy likes to walk along the ...

The "vile"-smelling, "guacamole-thick" algae is keeping beach-goers away. — -- What officials have called "unprecedented" toxic algae blooms in some of southern Florida's beaches and waterways is ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - People flocking to the lakes to swim, play, fish, and sightsee are common every summer here in the Ozarks. So are increasing reports of potential areas of growth or harmful ...

Here we go again — another Florida summer season for swimming, boating and fishing is getting wrecked by gross and harmful algae outbreaks. We know the cause — these outbreaks are fueled by sewage, ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in July 2023. Living in Florida these days is like being in a real-life version of the movie Don’t Look Up. The 2021 apocalyptic dark satire written ...