But complex multicellular organisms have arisen just six times on the tree of life: plants, animals, two groups of fungi, and two groups of algae.

The slightly warmer temperatures around the middle of the Earth melted the top layers of ice to form meltwater ponds that ...

Modern-day environments in Antarctica contain ponds filled with life forms that closely resemble early multicellular ...

TOLEDO, OH — The annual harmful algae bloom in Lake Erie should be milder this summer than last, say forecasters who highlighted decreases in a type of key nutrient driving the icky phenomenon ...

Harmful Algae Blooms, Bacteria Close These Putnam County Beaches Several popular swimming areas in Putnam County have been temporarily shut down due to harmful algae blooms and elevated bacterial ...

Gregory J. Dick, University of Michigan Federal scientists released their annual forecast for Lake Erie’s harmful algal blooms on June 26, 2025, and they expect a mild to moderate season. However, ...

Tools to systematically reprogram cellular behavior are crucial to address pressing challenges in manufacturing, environment, or healthcare. Recombinases can very efficiently encode Boolean and ...

The Florida Department of Health's Palm Beach County office has issued an advisory regarding the presence of blue-green algae in Lake Okeechobee near Pahokee. The algae was located May 7 in the ...

More recently, though, I’ve noticed that microalgae are popping up more and more, to the point that I started to wonder: What ...

Microphyte Microphytes or microalgae are microscopic algae, typically found in freshwater and marine systems. They are unicellular species which exist individually, or in chains or groups.

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