Researchers had been studying the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for decades without seeing evidence of an active virus ...

Researchers discovered the largest known latent virus infecting Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a green alga long thought to be virus-free. Named Punuivirus, it integrates into the host genome and later ...

"We know that viruses play an important role in the dynamics of harmful algal blooms, but we haven't known what viruses might be associated with Karenia brevis blooms," said Jean Lim, the study's ...

Domoic acid poisoning is stranding marine mammals as warnings are issued to beachgoers of the threat posed by animals that are transformed by their illness.