A patchy red tide bloom has affected the Sarasota and Manatee county area over the past wee. Local experts confirmed that red ...

Dead fish covered many beaches in Sarasota and Manatee County beaches over the long Valentine's Day weekend, and the impacts of red tide rolled into Presidents Day on Monday. Morning visitors ...

Beaches on the Florida Gulf coast have seen respite from red tide in recent weeks, and heavy rainfall this week has subsided ...

(WFLA) — With warmer weather comes red tide, and two of Florida’s congressional representatives have introduced a bipartisan ...

PETERSBURG, Fla. — Researchers with the University of South Florida have identified viruses associated with Karenia brevis, the single-celled organism that causes red tide. Researchers ...

In one of the first studies of its kind, researchers used viral metagenomics to identify several viruses — including one new viral species — present in blooms of K. brevis, more commonly known as red ...

Red tide is naturally present in the the Gulf of ... fishing and other economic drivers in communities like Sarasota and Manatee counties when severe blooms linger near shore for prolonged periods.

Red tide, or harmful algal blooms ... cells were discovered in samples along or offshore of Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee and Charlotte counties in Southwest Florida. In its weekly update ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of South Florida has identified viruses associated with Karenia brevis, the microscopic algae that is known as red tide. “We know that viruses play an ...

Identifying viruses associated with red tide can help researchers forecast the development of blooms and better understand ...