For the most part, swimming at the lake is safe, healthy, summer fun. There are risks, but here's how to avoid them.

Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is ...

People getting out on Montana's water bodies are advised to be on the lookout for harmful algal blooms. Algal blooms release ...

Though early summer rains often fertilize algae in the Caloosahatchee, Florida's environmental agency hasn't yet said what ...

A group of environmentalists from Manitoba and the United States say two dairy farms planned for North Dakota will affect the ...

In a city of northeastern India, a “large”-tongued creature with “fluorescent green” sides perched inside a water tank, but ...

Seagrasses are critical to coastal ecosystems—offering habitat, stabilizing the seafloor and buffering wave energy—but ...

There are 890 freshwater ponds on Cape Cod. Testing for cyanobacteria occurs each summer in about 150 of them, according to ...

The Arkansas River is home to much of the state's native snake population, but this are what you're most likely to find.

Thousands to millions of tons of plastic enter the ocean annually, but where they end up is poorly understood.

Lake Garfield currently has several small blooms of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae. While officials have not ...

River Tamarind is commonly found along the banks of the Ganges in India. With a rich history of origin, this versatile tree ...