If you’ve spent time near the coast and beaches around Anna Maria Island and Bradenton lately, you may have noticed thick, dark mats of icky-looking stuff floating in the water. What is it? And why ...

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In "final investigation" comments on a state reporting site, an official said photos indicated the presence of a potentially ...

Blooms of red tide and Lyngbya algae continue to impact waters around Manatee County this week. Bloom levels of the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, were observed in recent samples in lower Tampa ...

ANNA MARIA, Fla — Clumps of thick greenish-brown algae have formed a vast film over Sarasota Bay's waters. It's a type of algae known as Lyngbya or "gumbo algae" and it has also taken over the ...

While toxic red tide algae continues to strengthen in the open waters of Tampa Bay, there’s another potentially harmful algal bloom that is catching the attention of residents closer to shore. It’s ...

MARTIN COUNTY — Clumps of potentially harmful algae have been spotted around a popular boater hangout this summer. A brown, stringy, fluffy algae that resembles poop and can smell like rotten eggs ...

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