Red tide has waters off Southwest Florida in the "kill zone." Caused by the Karenia brevis organism, red tide is no stranger to Florida waters. They've been documented in the Gulf of Mexico — soon to ...

Shellfish meat collected in the coastal waters of Leyte town in Leyte province tested positive for red tide toxins, the ...

Winter is still here and the memory of freezing temperatures and record snowfall are still fresh on the minds of Florida residents. But beach activities are never far from our minds. With that in mind ...

Florida's coastal waters appear free from a devastating red tide bloom that began in October 2017. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report released Wednesday says the toxic algae ...

Even after a red tide bloom ends, sea turtles continue to be exposed through their prey, and toxins can accumulate in a turtle's liver and fat. The study discovered a correlation between higher toxin ...

Authorities have imposed a temporary ban on the gathering and consumption of shellfish from the coastal waters of Leyte town, Leyte province, which has been placed under a local red tide warning after ...

Red tide cell counts are well into the "death zone" in Lee County waters as toxins in the Gulf have turned normally turquoise waters copper. The Florida Department of Health in Lee County issued an ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — 176 dolphins have died from the toxic red tide algae blooms since August between Collier and Pinellas counties. Marine biologists said dolphins are still dying from red tide even ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated with new information. Red tide has reached the Florida Keys, and counts in Southwest Florida waters have been deadly recently as scientists measured more ...

Red Tide is a harmful alga bloom caused by a naturally occurring alga (a plant-like microorganism) called Karenia brevis or K. brevis. When K. brevis appears in large quantities – typically in the ...

When the waters off Florida’s west coast were infested by the dreaded “red tide” nine years ago, fish died by the million and lay in” stinking windrows on the beaches. The spray of the poisoned surf ...