You know how sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees? In this case, I couldn’t see the blackbirds for the cattails. The blackbirds would pop up occasionally into my line of sight ...

You know how sometimes you can’t see the forest for the trees? In this case, I couldn’t see the blackbirds for the cattails. The blackbirds would pop up occasionally into my line of sight ...

For the last month, hundreds of seabirds have been poisoned by domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced in harmful algae blooms that are consumed by filter-feeding fish, such as anchovies and sardines.

Fences are the perfect spot for algae to flourish, as they soak up rain and dew, creating an ideal environment for this slippery green blight. Algae have a particular affinity for moist and shaded ...

A toxic algae bloom is causing sea lions and other mammals and birds to become sick. Domoic acid toxicity is caused by ocean blooms of algae called Harmful Algal Blooms. The toxin causes ...

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Dozens of marine mammals -- including dolphins — have been sickened by a toxic algae bloom off the San Diego's coast, according to SeaWorld. Although scientists have recorded domoic-acid blooms ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — A rare and striking sight was captured at the Cattail Marsh in Beaumont of a mother alligator with at least 26 babies riding on her back and swimming nearby. Photo and video of ...