Winter is still here and the memory of freezing temperatures and record snowfall are still fresh on the minds of Florida ...

A singular scene from last year’s red tide event in the Gulf of Mexico sticks in the ... the coast”—a reddish cloud of millions of microscopic organisms called dinoflagellates floating in the water.

A red tide is a “bloom” of phytoplankton, according to the California Sea Grant. A “bloom” happens when a group of phytoplankton, in this case dinoflagellates, begins reproducing rapidly.

The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) reported that onshore winds pushed a red tide bloom that has been offshore ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Rather than the flexible, X-shaped chromosomes familiar to humans, dinoflagellates organize their genetic material in orderly blocks along rigid, ...

you know it only takes a visit from one unwanted visitor to ruin any beach day — red tide. Karenia brevis is a naturally occurring, single-celled organism belonging to a group of algae called ...