May 30—WORTHINGTON — The mild winter brought an abundance of filamentous algae growth to Lake Okabena in Worthington. Dan Livdahl, Okabena-Ocheda Watershed District Administrator, suspects the algae ...

Imagine for a moment packing up the car, making sure the kayaks on top of the Subaru (it has to be a Subaru, right?) are tied down snugly and heading toward the nation's first national river, only to ...

Large amounts of filamentous algae, known as FAB, are appearing in Western U.S. waterways. Researchers report findings about these plant-like organisms in the Dec. 9, 2025, issue of the journal ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Many people are noticing large swaths of green, wavy agal blooms in Montana waters this summer. Experts say it is called filamentous algae, which are photosynthesizing, single-celled ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - The most frequent question that I’ve received in the past week and a half is about the green color of the water in ponds. Surpassing garden, lawn, and pasture questions, ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Large swathes of green algae have become a common sight across several Montana rivers this summer, raising questions about what’s causing the blooms and how recent legislative ...

The most frequent question that I’ve received in the past week and a half is about the green color of the water in ponds. Surpassing garden, lawn and pasture questions, managing one’s pond has always ...

When I beheld the extraordinarily vivid green lower Manzana Creek waters in late June, it felt truly hallucinogenic and reminded me of visions I’d had ingesting LSD (stupidly) back in my late 1960s ...

Algae is a ubiquitous feature in waterways throughout the globe, including western North America. Slippery, green epilithic algae is a familiar sight on river rocks. Toxic blue-green algae – ...