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The experiments marked the first time the environmentally safe, plant-based agents were used outside of the lab after about six years of development.

Low concentrations of the organism that causes red tide are no longer being reported at the mouth of Tampa Bay.

Red tide appears to have receded from much of the Tampa Bay area this week.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reports that the organism…

A toxic algae bloom is killing fish, turtles and dolphins and discouraging tourists from visiting Florida's Gulf Coast. It's not the first such event, but it is especially intense.