Red tide is caused by high concentrations of a harmful microscopic alga found in the Gulf of America – formerly Gulf of Mexico in the U.S. – called Karenia brevis (K. brevis), which occurs ...

Just last week moderate to high levels of red tide were being reported between the St. Petersburg-Tampa Bay area south to Bonita Springs. Stiff winds out of the east have kept the bloom patches ...

ST PETE BEACH, Fla. — March 1 marks the unofficial start of spring break in Florida, but while more visitors will be out enjoying the beaches, it looks like red tide might also be in town.

No, red tides were documented in the southern Gulf of Mexico as far back as the 1700s and along Florida's Gulf coast in the 1840s. Fish kills near Tampa Bay were even mentioned in the records of ...

Around Pinellas County, bloom concentrations of red tide were found along Gulf beaches from Johns Pass south this week, with the highest levels around St. Pete Beach, Pass-a-Grille Beach, Fort De ...

Around Pinellas County, bloom concentrations of red tide were found along Gulf beaches from Johns Pass south this week, with the highest levels around St. Pete Beach, Pass-a-Grille Beach, Fort De ...

Dead fish washed up at Lassing Park in St. Petersburg's Old Southeast on July 1. Red Tide blooms have plagued Florida for hundreds of years at least, and scientists say they are not going anywhere ...

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, for example, said in a tweet on Wednesday “the politicization of the governor's response to red tide is truly sickening.” ...

Dead fish from red tide washed up along a St. Petersburg's waterfront park, on Thursday, July 9, 2021 at Bay Vista Park in St. Petersburg, Fla.

ST. PETERSBURG --- Gov. Ron DeSantis toured the Tampa Bay region by boat Wednesday and pledged continued support for ongoing efforts to combat a red tide algae bloom killing marine life and ...

PETERSBURG, Fla. (CBS12) — Gov. DeSantis traveled to Florida's Gulf Coast to address concerns over red tide. The red tide caused fish kills in St. Petersburg and surrounding areas..

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis toured the Tampa Bay region by boat Wednesday and pledged continued support for ongoing efforts to combat a red tide algae bloom killing marine life and ...