A singular scene from last year’s red tide event in the Gulf of Mexico sticks in the memory of phytoplankton ecologist Vincent Lovko. “I got to go up in a helicopter with a news crew,” Lovko says.

Red tide is naturally present in the the Gulf of Mexico, now designated as the "Gulf of America," but it has a significant impact on tourism, fishing and other economic drivers in communities like ...

While the red tide organism, Karenia brevis ... READ: Florida Fish And Wildlife Commission Renames Gulf Of Mexico To “Gulf Of ...

A group of University of South Florida researchers have, for the first time, identified viruses present in the red tide blooms that periodically plague the Gulf coast. This can be used to possibly ...

Already this year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has warned red tide in the Florida ... "negligible" ...

The Conservation Commission says the red tide develops offshore, away from man-made nutrient sources. Scientists theorize that the persistent bout of it in Florida could be related to Hurricane Irma's ...