The new species out of China is known to lock its prey away, alive but paralyzed, until its young have hatched.

Every summer there they are again, blue-green algae. Why are they a problem, are they getting worse with climate change and ...

Let’s get one thing straight. The saying "blue and green should never be seen" derives from a seafarer's tradition of not painting the hull of a boat green in case it's capsized and is harder to ...

Imagine the world’s oceans with their beautiful blue color. Now, imagine that the same oceans were green. This is the intriguing possibility suggested by new research from Nagoya University in Japan.

Scientists have discovered evidence that Earth's oceans were once green, hinting that this could be a marker of early life, ...

THE polar lipid fractions from blue-green algae are usually simpler than those from higher algae and leaves, and normally contain only those four acyl lipids that are commonly associated with ...

Green is the quintessential colour of nature - of parks, gardens and forests, and a reminder of the life-giving power of plants. For animals, it's a complicated colour to produce using pigments. Many ...