What happened to the seaweed pest threatening native species? (4 min 10 sec) An invasive seaweed described as the world's worst marine pest has mysteriously died off on a massive scale in Northland ...

The Indian River Lagoon was considered one of the last "unpolluted coastal lagoons" in Florida in the 1970s. Fast forward to today and most of the 156-mile lagoon is now considered impaired because of ...

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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 ...

Caulerpa is a type of marine algae made up of one extended cell, though each plant can grow to be a meter across. While there are many individual nuclei within a Caulerpa plant, it contains no cell ...

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 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 ...

The size of caulerpa infestations have massively reduced this year, but scientists and Māori leaders warn control efforts must continue to safeguard culture and the coastal marine environment. Photo / ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boaties from around the world will soon be banned from stopping at one of the Bay of Islands’ most important anchorages, as the Government and mana whenua move to fight New Zealand’s second-biggest ...

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 ...