KUSHIRO, Hokkaido—“Marimo” moss balls, the fuzzy green spheres that have brought fame to Lake Akanko here, are shrinking because of global warming, a research group found. The maximum surface ...

Rising lake water temperatures threaten the survival of marimo, unique algal balls found only in cold lakes. Kobe University researchers clarified that the warmer it gets, the more the inward ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is investigating the discovery of invasive zebra mussels in a shipment of Marimo moss balls at a wholesale aquarium company in Renton, as reported ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is asking anyone who has recently purchased Marimo moss balls to inspect their plants for the invasive zebra mussel. The U.S. Geological ...

Marimo moss balls now are rolling into stylish vases and even into tiny orbs and bottles as jewelry. Consider marimo the moss in your underwater terrarium. Or the floating plant in your aquarium.

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is warning the public to safely dispose of recently purchased aquarium moss balls after the invasive zebra mussels were discovered inside the ...

Marimo are a unique growth form of lake algae and used to be found in cold lakes in Japan and Northern Europe. However, the only place where specimens larger than 20 cm in diameter can now be found is ...