State health officials are warning red tide is present at the Naples Pier and beachgoers should be cautious if they have ...

The Department of Health in Collier County released a health alert on Monday for several county beaches, because of red tide.

Christopher Tittel, communication director for the Florida Department of Health in Manatee County said Jan. 6 in an email to The Islander that a local ...

For wanting to end their winter break with a Florida beach day, make sure there isn't an unexpected visitor. Check reports of ...

Red tide comes from an organism that occurs naturally in the ocean. But people can make these harmful algal blooms worse.

Dead fish is the last thing beach-goers want to see, but that's exactly what washed ashore in south Sarasota County on ...

The alert is in response to a water sample taken Dec. 30. People can experience varying degrees of eye, skin and respiratory ...

Local ocean and red tide experts have confirmed rumors of red tide, a harmful but natural algae bloom, has made its way to ...

Forecasts by the USF-FWC Collaboration for Prediction of Red Tides for Pinellas County to northern Monroe County predict variable movement of surface and subsurface waters over the next 3.5 days.

Red tide is caused by high concentrations of a toxin-producing microscopic algae, called K. brevis, that is found in the Gulf of Mexico. Tests conducted Dec. 5 of water samples confirm the red tide.

causing blooms to be called "red tides." K. brevis is found almost exclusively in the Gulf of Mexico but has been recorded on Florida's east coast and off the coast of North Carolina. Worried red ...