algae

Familiar examples include amoebas, various algae, and diatoms, which are microscopic organisms often found in aquatic environments.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The National Park Service at that time had been working to remove algae that had covered the pool bottom shortly after the renovation work was finished.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Clips of bioluminescent algae and a tiny sea slug were among the highly commended.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Shortly after reopening, the water turned green with algae.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

Other teams weren’t used to the thickness of the water, the feeling of lake weed tickling their legs, their toes slipping off the algae coating on our homemade turn boards, costing them precious seconds.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth

In this study, pyrenoid-associated proteins in a marine chlorarachniophyte alga were identified through a proteomic approach.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 1, 2024

Blue-green algae is not actually an alga but rather a type of bacteria called cyanobacteria.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023

In the case of Gracilaria, however, things are more complicated: The female alga doesn’t release its egg cells, but keeps them inside funnel-shaped filaments.

From Science Magazine ● Jul. 27, 2022

Giant kelp is the common name for Macrocystis pyrifera, a species of alga that grows into lush underwater forests along the coast of the northeastern Pacific Ocean, from Baja California north to southeastern Alaska.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2022

She is curious; she wants to know the difference between an alga and a lichen, a Diplodon char- ruanus and a Diplodon delodontus.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr