By night, the algae’s scintillans produces a stunning light show, glowing out of the water and creating an illuminous sparkle. Dr Gershwin said this phenomena is also a huge red flag for the ...

According to Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh, former lecturer at the Institute of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, the reddish coloration was likely ...

For days, rumors swirled on social media this week of a tidal bloom of glowing algae washing up along the Bolivar Peninsula. Rebecca Rushe, who lives in the coastal community, headed out Wednesday ...

But instead, the glow is caused by millions of tiny organisms called dinoflagellates that live in the water and sometimes make it glow. Dinoflagellates are a type of single-celled algae, and each of ...

The glow is an indicator of a harmful algal bloom created by something called Noctiluca scintillans, nicknamed Sea Sparkle. It looks like algae and can act like algae. But it’s not quite.

The Mallee region in Victoria, Australia is home to a group of four lakes which turn a glowing pink after rain falls. This is because they contain red algae which give the water the unusual colour.