In recent years, the Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic that affected Brazil, particularly the Northeast region, drew attention due to cases of microcephaly and other congenital malformations, known as ...

USGS wildlife biologist Sarah Schoen surveys the water for fish samples to test for saxitoxin. (Courtesy of Elizabeth Mears) Paralytic shellfish poisoning, caused by eating seafood contaminated with ...

A new study from UC San Francisco suggests that a protein found in the common bullfrog may one day be used to detect and neutralize a poisonous compound produced by red tides and other harmful algal ...

Florida-based chemists are developing a sensor with which fish farmers and conservationists might spot the poison that flourishing algae produce in coastal waters. They have found a compound that ...

Saxitoxin—a compound made by marine microbes that can contaminate shellfish—is a toxin so potent that minute quantities can prove deadly. Its mode of action means that less toxic versions have ...

Health experts are on alert after the discovery of a highly lethal flesh-eating bacteria that has a 20% mortality rate within ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two dead northern fur seals are seen on the beach on St. George Island in August 2025. Both tested positive for saxitoxin, the ...

University of Maine marine scientist Laurie Connell isn't one to brag: she would rather talk about the potential of her current research than the popularity of what she has published in the past.