A harmful algal bloom of Karenia mikimotoi made dozens of surfers sick and killed seadragons, fish and octopuses on two South Australian beaches.

Domoic acid, released by algae blooms, is harmless to fish but can be deadly if consumed by sea mammals or birds. The toxin causes seizures, coma or even death. This is the earliest the algae has ...

One question is whether these fish are experiencing new symptoms or if they’re still suffering from last year’s exposure. What’s perplexing is that algae ... to our fish kill hotline are ...

Officials are conducting tests at a drinking water reservoir ... algae could potentially impact the quality of the drinking water. Newsweek reached out to the LESJWA by phone for comment. "Fish ...

B.C. scientists will be keeping a close eye on a toxic algae this summer as hundreds of sea lions, seabirds and dolphins have been washing up sick or dead on beaches in Southern California.

But similar harmful algal blooms and fish kills ... to the algae's production of "reactive oxygen species," reactive forms of oxygen molecules which can cause the deaths of cells in high doses.

Our results revealed high ... fish kills due to K. mikimotoi have happened in the past, such as the 2014 bloom in Coffin Bay, SA. And this latest one won’t be the last. Single-celled, microbial ...