A study suggests that several species of brown algae may have independently evolved to express both sexes simultaneously, and it’s likely that female algae evolved male traits—not the other way around ...

Among these, brown algae (Phaeophyceae) play a crucial role in sustaining coastal habitats, supporting marine biodiversity, and combating climate change through carbon capture. While they have ...

The island's beaches are under threat as experts worry that an invasive form of algae could reach the coastline.

Brazilian and British researchers have observed that a small crustacean that changes color according to the marine vegetation ...

The beaches of Spain have turned brown due to Rugulopterix okamurae, a type of algae native to the Pacific but has invaded ...

Residents in southern China report algae blanketing beaches as experts warn of increasing pollution, health hazards, and ...

In the oceans, a new type of large brown algae, called kelp, latched onto rocks and corals in cool shallow waters, establishing a new habitat favored by sea otters and dugongs, a marine mammal ...

The diatom collections are curated separately. The algae collections number around 400,000 specimens. The main algal groups represented here are: red, green and brown seaweeds freshwater algae ...

As a postdoctoral fellow, she worked with Akira Peters and Mark Cock to establish the brown algae Ectocarpus as a model organism in evolutionary research. Since 2006 she worked at the Centre National ...