The amount of sargassum washing ashore in Palm Beach has surged in July, marking a noticeable uptick from earlier this summer ...

Some hatchlings may need rehabilitation and taken by boat offshore after being trapped in seaweed, or washing back to the ...

WPTV is investigating the significant impacts of this invasive seaweed on our shorelines, marine life, and local ecosystems.

Esteban Amaro, director of the Sargassum Monitoring Center in Mexico, warned that the state of Quintana Roo is facing one of ...

Sargassum is amazing when you can collect it, floating on the surface and can grab a bucket full to examine. You can spend hours looking at the collection of critters that it contains.

The giant sargassum blobs piling up on the Florida coast might harbor flesh-eating bacteria. Here’s what you should know to stay safe.

Sargassum, a naturally occurring type of macroalgae, has grown at an alarming rate this winter. The belt stretches across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to Florida and the Yucatan Peninsula and is ...

Typically, sargassum blooms are relegated to low-nutrient waters off the coast of the North Atlantic, but tides, winds and excess nutrients from natural and human sources can fuel massive blooms ...

As Sargassum decomposes, it starts to smell like rotten eggs. The hydrogen sulfide released by rotting Sargassum can lead to eye, nose and throat irritation, according to Florida health officials.

Samples taken from sargassum on some of Mexico's Caribbean beaches had arsenic levels 60% higher than those permitted in food for humans and animals as well as heavy metal levels as high as 120 ...

The 2021 seaweed crop could tie the record year of 2018. As of last month, sargassum in the Caribbean Sea and Central West Atlantic totaled an estimated 10.1 million tons, which is second only to ...

Sargassum seaweed accumulates on the beach in Port Aransas, Texas, June 24, 2014. In the past five years, the seaweed has begun to turn up in unprecedented amounts.