Officials are hoping you may not have to worry about toxic blue-green algae in Lake Norman with the help of a four-year ...

If your patio is currently experiencing an algae problem, you'll be pleased to know that you can banish this slimy substance in just a few simple steps. And once you know how to remove algae from ...

Catawba County and other lake-bordering counties are being asked to pay $96,547 to treat lyngbya in Lake Norman.

President Trump's administration is withholding $117 million in federal grants, causing Illinois and Michigan to postpone a project aimed at preventing Asian Carp from entering Lake Michigan.

Cyanobacteria began contributing oxygen to Earth's mostly noxious atmosphere more than 2 billion years ago. The photosystem ...

Meet Ivor, the incredible pup trained to identify Phytophthora ramorum, a devastating pathogen causing sudden oak death.

In Exodus, God summons Ten Plagues against the Egyptians to free the Jews. Although some people view this story as … Continue ...

What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...

When the summer sun shines and temperatures climb, conditions are ripe for Minnesota lakes to produce harmful algal blooms. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reminded people this week that some ...

This essay is a follow up on the photograph published in the Jan. 16 Commonwealth (pictured above) that showed duckweed ...

Harmful algal blooms, sometimes called HABs, occur when algae grow out of control. Algae are photosynthetic organisms that ...