A University of South Florida researcher thinks he has figured out why there’s so much brown, moss-like algae that causes that rotten egg smell on the Caribbean Sea and Gulf Coast beaches. Biological ...

Every day, Christine Jimenez-Mariani flips open her laptop and starts sorting through the latest pictures of rotting piles of seaweed that have landed in her inbox. The dozens of images she receives ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — By now you’ve probably seen the countless headlines about the giant Sargassum seaweed invasion headed for Florida. These Sargassum blooms have been booming over the last several ...

A record-breaking 37-million-ton mass of floating seaweed called sargassum is once again inundating beaches in the Caribbean and will soon reach parts of the U.S. A diver swims beneath a mass of ...

It stretches over 5,000 miles. It weighs over 10 million tons. And it's circling around the Gulf of Mexico and the mid-Atlantic, where the right combination of currents and wind could push it ashore.

Costa Maya, Mexico has collected over 400 tons of seaweed from September 20-26, a massive amount from two major beaches: Mahahual and Xcalak. According to Riviera Maya News, the Mexican Navy is ...

Beachgoers pick their way past seaweed on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla. The brownish looking seaweed variety is called sargassum and is flooding the shores of South Florida this ...

Sargassum, a type of brown seaweed, is expected to increase on Florida's shores in the coming weeks. The University of South Florida predicts a significant sargassum season in 2025. Red tide is not ...

Every year, sea turtles hatch on Florida's beaches and make their way from the sand to the ocean—a critical journey that determines their chances of survival. As these hatchlings navigate obstacles ...

Ginny Matts and her boyfriend were excited to celebrate her 60th birthday in Key West. But their vacation was spoiled by an unexpected guest: a record-breaking amount of smelly seaweed known as ...