algae

A mysterious algae first started to coat northern Michigan lakebeds about a decade ago. After years of research, scientists and residents are left asking the same question: what has changed in the water that's causing it to grow?

Golden brown algae is at its thickest this time of year. Biologists say golden brown algae growth has exploded in lakes across the region since around 2014, but we still don't know why.

The discovery marks the first time didymo has been found in the lower peninsula.

Algae blooms continue to color western Lake Erie a deep green. Now researchers and scientists want to know more about toxins produced by the algae -- and…

Lake Superior is cold, deep and clear. But it’s no longer the clearest of the Great Lakes. Lakes Michigan and Huron have gotten clearer , bumping Lake...

Scientists launched a kind of underwater robotic tool in Lake Erie this week to test the water for toxins. Timothy Davis is a researcher with NOAA's...

Half a million Toledo residents lost their drinking water in the summer of 2014 thanks to thick carpets of bacteria-laden algae on Lake Erie. It...

Lately, that green slime in the lake has been all over the news after it shut down Toledo’s water supply. Journalists, city and government officials...