A new species of microalgae was found in water from a home aquarium. While analyzing DNA samples taken from the algae, researchers discovered Medakamo hakoo, whose DNA sequence didn't match any on ...

A new species of microalgae was found in water from a home aquarium. While analyzing DNA samples taken from the algae, researchers from the University of Tokyo discovered a DNA sequence that didn't ...

Freshwater red algae are a diverse group of organisms that have attracted growing scientific interest due to their complex evolutionary histories and ecological significance. Recent advances in ...

TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — On the quest to find more about how living things evolved different sexes, researchers in Japan came across something interesting: a type of freshwater algae that has ...

All land plants originated from a single evolutionary event when freshwater algae got a foothold on land. The group of algae that would later give rise to land plants had already been living in ...

Scientists from the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences found forty new freshwater viruses infecting aquatic microorganisms this year. The first one, which they isolated and described in ...