Toxic red algae blooms in Florida have spread to metropolitan counties on the state's east coast, triggering large-scale beach closures and fears of a plunge in the tourist economy. WEST PALM BEACH, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast who weathered back-to-back hurricanes now have something else to keep an eye on -– a possible plume of harmful algae in the waters ...

This season the toxic algae began in October 2017 and has ... several canals that pump residues on the west coast of Florida. The red tide has also stained the waters at Fort Myers Beach, 30 ...

Destructive algae have returned to Florida's coastline, littering some of the state's beaches with dead fish and burning the throats of beachgoers. Red tide, as it is known, poses a perennial ...

Red tide often affects Florida’s Gulf Coast during the late summer or early fall, and this year is no exception. In recent ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A 5,000-mile-long blob of smelly seaweed is on its way to Florida. It's called sargassum, and it's getting bigger because of warming temperatures. More from News A ...

A giant stretch of seaweed in the Atlantic Ocean headed for Florida is full of bacteria and plastic, a recent study found, which could cause a "pathogen storm." This year's 5,000-mile-long ...

Red tide often affects Florida’s Gulf Coast during the late ... However, it was not the dominant algae present and was one of many types of algae detected by the satellites.