D onald Trump has a new nemesis, with a name worthy of a supervillain: Scenedesmus.

The shallow, sunny waters of the reflecting pool are an ideal incubator for algae growth in the summertime. Experts say the ...

I went to the Reflecting Pool because, as a certain American naturalist once said of a different pond, I wished to “live deliberately” and “see if I could not learn what it had to teach.” I doubted ...

An aquatic ecologist at George Mason University found the bloom consists primarily of Desmodesmus, a common green algae that ...

President Donald Trump’s $14 million renovation project at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is not going well. In fact, ...

Daphnia and other grazing zooplankton can also evolve resistance to some types of cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, which produce compounds that are toxic to people and pets. Daphnia that ...

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Donald Trump's vision was to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool a darker shade of "American flag blue" to celebrate the country's 250th birthday. But this week, it's been looking more green ...

Water beckons Minnesotans this time of year, especially our lakes. But something in it can turn us away, even if other ...