But complex multicellular organisms have arisen just six times on the tree of life: plants, animals, two groups of fungi, and two groups of algae.

More recently, though, I’ve noticed that microalgae are popping up more and more, to the point that I started to wonder: What ...

The slightly warmer temperatures around the middle of the Earth melted the top layers of ice to form meltwater ponds that ...

Last week’s first article about Jyotisha astrology described experiments validating some of its predictions. Although they ...

Modern-day environments in Antarctica contain ponds filled with life forms that closely resemble early multicellular ...

Six were exposed to the full solar spectrum, serving as a control to the six plants grown under less light. The reduced sunlight reaching the other plants was filtered through purplish panels so that ...

The scientists found that eukaryotes — complex cellular lifeforms that eventually evolved into the diverse multicellular life we see today ... genes closely associated with specific types of algae, ...

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The Florida Department of Health's Palm Beach County office has issued an advisory regarding the presence of blue-green algae in Lake Okeechobee near Pahokee. The algae was located May 7 in the ...

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The swimming area at Swartswood State Park in Sussex County was closed Thursday because of a harmful algae bloom, state officials said. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection found ...