CORONADO, Calif. — Do you own an aquarium at home? If you do, you're familiar with Culerpa Prolifera. It can be found in pet stores, on Amazon, Etsy, and now in the San Diego Bay where it doesn't ...

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.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 655 into law on Thursday, Jul. 27, enacting a state-wide ban on the invasive Caulerpa genus of algae. Under the new law, Californians are ...

Algaecide is no crime. Consider that some strains of algae produce toxins lethal to wildlife, fish and plants. Even the less harmful varieties suck oxygen out of water, suffocating living creatures in ...

Sale and possession of a common aquarium algae will be banned in San Diego under a measure adopted by city officials Monday. The City Council voted unanimously in favor of an ordinance that will levy ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Officials are urging people not to dump pets, plants or water from aquariums into natural ...

Marimo moss balls now are rolling into stylish vases and even into tiny orbs and bottles as jewelry. Consider marimo the moss in your underwater terrarium. Or the floating plant in your aquarium.