IF YOU KNOW you’ve been exposed to something potentially toxic, seek emergency medical care. Some signs that this may have happened include headache, dizziness, weakness, trouble breathing, slow ...

Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic.

Researchers have measured toxins in scat samples from 205 bowhead whales from the Beaufort Sea, collected over 19 years, and ...

Researchers found 96 chemicals in toddlers—many unregulated, all absorbed through everyday life. Childhood, it turns out, is ...

Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins, or MCCPs, have been detected in the air of Asia and Antarctica, but this surprise ...

A team from the University of Colorado Boulder discovered an airborne toxin during a field study in Oklahoma. What they detected were medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs), a ...

A team of researchers is tapping into the ocean’s vast body of free-floating environmental DNA to catch blooms before they ...

The toxins in question are known as Medium Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (MCCPs). These toxins are considered toxic organic pollutants, and this is the first time they’ve been discovered in the ...

Marine mammal researchers are investigating how sea lions were affected by the longest toxic algal bloom on record off the ...

The UK’s VERVE mission to hunt for microbial life in Venus’s clouds could redefine the search for extraterrestrial life.

The first harmful algal blooms (HABs) of the season have been reported in Cayuga Lake, with several sightings added to the ...