New aquarium owners often face a common issue: a dusty brown film on surfaces. This isn't true algae but diatoms, microscopic organisms thriving in unstable water conditions with excess silica and ...

Microalgae are widely used in products such as biofuels, nutritional supplements and cosmetics. A newly-described type has been found in a home aquarium – and it could prove to be particularly useful.

Researchers have described a new fish species that's been popular in the aquarium trade since the early 2000s. Wild populations are rare and restricted to a small river basin along the ...

Researchers are looking at an invasive species of algae along the Atlantic coast as a possible reason for mercury in the food chain. Scientists are studying an invasive species of algae they believe ...