DOH says coastal residents should keep their window and doors closed and use air conditioning instead of the sea breeze to ...

Red tide blooming near Florida Gulf coast beaches has drifted closer to County over the past week, but beach impacts are ...

A new study by Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota has revealed a potential link between red tide algal blooms and long-term ...

Red tide is blooming in Southwest Florida once again. Here's a few places to swim around Lee County that aren't the beach.

A prolonged red tide in 2018 lasted over 10 months. During this period red tide was extreme, killing thousands of fish in ...

While red tides and other algal blooms can occur worldwide, Karenia brevis is found almost exclusively in the Gulf of Mexico ...

The harmful algal bloom called red tide has returned to Southwest Florida, impacting our local beaches. Here's where to swim ...

Red tide is a naturally-occuring toxic algal bloom in Florida and the Gulf and can be harmful to people and animals.

The Lee County area is the hot spot now, according to recent state reports, which show high toxicity counts here. Fish and marine mammal kills can start once levels reach 10,000 cells per liter.

When this bacteria is present in the water, its contaminants suppress its oxygen, making it a fatal habitat for its in-water ...

Local health departments advised people to stay away from more than a dozen beaches in Southwest Florida. Respiratory ...

Recent water samples show red tide off the coast of Southwest Florida, with one spot on Sanibel Island reporting high levels.