The Port of San Diego has renewed an emergency declaration meant to help the city fight an invasive algae that has proliferated in its bay. The algae species, scientifically known as Caulerpa ...

The Port of San Diego has renewed an emergency declaration in light of an invasive plant continuing to spread in the San Diego Bay. The algae, Caulerpa prolifera, was discovered in the bay in ...

Although the invasive seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia, which invadeda Carlsbad lagoon, has been eradicated from Southern California,biologists say they worry that continued sales of the decorativeaquarium ...

Imagine a piece of paper. Now imagine shredding it into confetti and scattering it to the wind. Now imagine each piece of confetti growing into a new piece of paper. Now shred those new pieces and ...

Disentangling the ecological effects of biological invasions from those of other human disturbances is crucial to understanding the mechanisms underlying ongoing biotic homogenization. We evaluated ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The emergency ...

Biologists used the world’s largest single-celled organism, an aquatic alga called Caulerpa taxifolia, to study the nature of structure and form in plants. It is a single cell that can grow to a ...

A new bill prohibiting the sale, transport and possession of any species under the Caulerpa genus in California has just been signed into law late last month. The genus includes both Caulerpa ...

A Waiheke Island iwi are calling on Aotearoa to act swiftly as the destructive caulerpa seaweed, known to smother shell fish, invades its local waters. Ngāti Paoa have taken action by placing a rāhui ...

An invasive algae species in Newport Bay has the potential to disrupt Orange County’s entire marine ecosystem and coastal economy if not dealt with swiftly. SCCAT is comprised of governmental agencies ...

A map showing the areas of newly-discovered exotic Caulerpa off Urupukapuka, Motukiekie and Moturua Islands. They are indicated with the small orange lines. An existing Biosecurity New Zealand ...

An invasive seaweed described as the world's worst marine pest has been found at Leigh, a short distance from the famous Goat Island Marine Reserve. The roughly one-square-metre clump of exotic ...