Small ponds and lakes are very common in the Tri-State. Whether they are designed for aesthetics or stocked for fishing, ponds and lakes offer lifelong enjoyment for many home and small farm owners.

Along with the many delights that a pond brings to the garden can come a problem or two as well. And probably the knottiest problem that pond owners face is algae. This slimy stuff clouds the water ...

Every year, superintendents around the country struggle to control algae blooms that develop in golf course water features. Barrington Golf Club in Aurora, Ohio, was not immune to this problem.

Blacktip reef sharks are apex predators in Mo'orea, French Polynesia, where they create landscapes of fear for reef fish. Photo: Mike Gil/UC Davis If there was a top-rated restaurant in a dangerous ...

However, after setting up different sized "buffets" of algae at study locations off the remote island of Mo'orea, the researchers found that reef fish are willing to move past that fear. They will ...