The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department is asking people and their pets to stay out of the water at Palmer Lake on the Key ...

Jules Leon climbed into a Ford pickup truck fitted with a net, a wheeled crate he calls a “moon buggie” and a defective winch. It was March 18 and Leon was on his way to Redondo Beach — for his third ...

The public should avoid contact with toxic algae in Lake Okeechobee along Southwest Conners Highway, according to a state ...

The Tacoma-Pierce Health Department issued the warning Friday. People advised to stay out the lake.

Health officials are advising people to avoid swimming at several beaches across Washington due to high bacteria levels and ...

Karenia cristata, a rare type of microscopic algae that produces toxins that harm nerve cells, can be lethal at very low ...

In the summer of 2022, toxins produced by the brackish-water algae Prymnesium parvum killed about 1,000 metric tons of fish, snails, and mussels in the River Oder. In a study published in the journal ...

That fertilizer soaking into your lawn after a storm has to go somewhere, and where it ends up could be poisoning the lakes ...

The Town of Windsor has closed access to the swim beach at Lake Windsor after testing confirmed the presence of a harmful ...

The persistently high temperatures are also taking a toll on pets and wildlife. Animal welfare organizations are warning ...

The algae responsible for the catastrophic die-off of hundreds of thousands of marine animals in southern Australia last year ...