It is not a bad start to the Red Tide season across western Florida, especially since no microorganisms have been detected in the southwest, where toxic algae blooms often occur during early fall. But ...

State biologists have confirmed the presence of Karenia brevis, the organism that causes red tide, in two water samples collected from Northwest Florida over the past week. According to the latest ...

An extended bout of red tide along Florida’s west coast left beaches littered with dead fish in 2018, with clean-up efforts filling dumpsters including this one in Manatee County. Tiffany Tompkins ...

Florida officials are stepping up Gulf Coast monitoring after detecting low concentrations of the red tide organism Karenia brevis in recent samples. Although levels remain below those that typically ...

Water samples collected along Florida’s Gulf Coast in early May 2026 have turned up low concentrations of Karenia brevis, the ...