A new study reveals a strange light-brown slime on Indian River Lagoon dolphins signals suppressed immunity and other health issues.

You might have noticed it after sliding on a rock in a Melbourne creek. Or it could have been wading through a Northern Territory waterhole. It's slime, and our rivers are full of it. That's a good ...

Brown algae take up large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air and release parts of the carbon contained therein back into the environment in mucous form. This mucus is hard to break down for other ...

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, ...

You know how they say it takes one to know one? Researchers in Australia took this to a new level recently with the development of a water filter based on bugs and slime that cleans contaminated water ...

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, ...

LAKEWOOD – Five beaches in Chautauqua County were closed Thursday due to blue-green algae. The Lakewood Village Beach as well as Chautauqua Institution’s Heinz, Children’s, College Pier and University ...