A study suggests that several species of brown algae may have independently evolved to express both sexes simultaneously, and it’s likely that female algae evolved male traits—not the other way around ...

Among these, brown algae (Phaeophyceae) play a crucial role in sustaining coastal habitats, supporting marine biodiversity, and combating climate change through carbon capture. While they have ...

Chameleon shrimp can change their color to camouflage themselves among the algae they inhabit, helping them to escape from ...

An international research team has described a newly discovered algae species Streptofilum arcticum and its cell functions ...

It ejects plant debris to the surface, which currents then sweep along to coastal regions, leaving beaches tainted brown. First seen in Ceuta in 2015, the algae has aggressively expanded along the ...

Real Betis have launched the new kit in order to raise awareness of an ecological crisis on the Andalusian coast.

The new kit, part of the club’s “Without Blue, There is no Green” campaign, is made out of recycled plastic from the ocean and fabric created from the brown algae called Rugulopteryx okamurae.

As a postdoctoral fellow, she worked with Akira Peters and Mark Cock to establish the brown algae Ectocarpus as a model organism in evolutionary research. Since 2006 she worked at the Centre National ...