In a groundbreaking study, researchers have uncovered an unexpected link between viruses and the infamous red tide blooms off ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of South Florida shines light on the environmental drivers of red tide blooms.

Scientists might soon be able to forecast when the see is gonna turn red - and don’t worry, it has nothing to do with the ...

Along some seventy plus miles of southern California coastline, usually curious and playful sea lions are attacking humans in ...

Researchers with the University of South Florida have identified viruses associated with Karenia brevis, the single-celled ...

Researchers hope the study can eventually find a way to predict when blooms will occur, and how to reduce their effects on ...

Understanding these viruses could allow scientists to predict and potentially control red tide blooms in the future. “With a more targeted biological approach, like using a virus, in the future ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — With warmer weather comes red tide, and two of Florida’s congressional representatives have introduced a bipartisan bill that would help the federal government respond to ...

In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers used viral metagenomics to identify several viruses — including one new viral species — present in blooms of K. brevis, more commonly known as red ...

For the first time, researchers identified nearly a dozen viruses associated with red tides off Florida’s coast that are harmful and costly. Also known as harmful algae blooms, red tides — the ...