Sargassum shrimp, masters of camouflage, are commonly found in floating seaweed. These tiny crustaceans are opportunistic omnivores with a surprisingly long lifespan of up to six years. Sargassum ...

It's heating up, Memorial Day weekend is coming, and everyone's heading to the beach. Unfortunately, so are tons of toxic seaweed. Sargassum is a beneficial resource in the Atlantic. But on Florida's ...

Brian Lapointe, an algae bloom expert at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, is deep into his research on to to best dispose of large sargassum mats landing on Florida ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A record amount of sargassum is lurking in the Atlantic Ocean, just east of Florida, and could blanket Treasure Coast beaches this ...

Sargassum, which is a macro algae releases hydrogen sulfide and ammonia when it breaks down, giving off a rotten egg smell ...

During this week’s beachcombing survey along the Texas coast, several sargassum pipefish were discovered hidden among freshly washed-up seaweed. These slender, secretive fish are rarely seen unless ...

This week’s beachcombing survey along the Texas coast brought an exciting find — several sargassum frogfish, also known as anglerfish, hidden among the freshly washed-up mats of seaweed. These ...

Sargassum pipefish, relatives of seahorses, are masters of camouflage, resembling the seaweed they inhabit. These fish are pelagic, living in the open ocean attached to sargassum, and are found in the ...

Virgin Islands residents and coastal businesses are being advised to prepare for what officials expect will be another year of heavy sargassum accumulation along local shorelines, following new ...

A record amount of sargassum seaweed is lurking in the Atlantic Ocean, just east of Florida. Sargassum is a yellowish-brown floating macroalgae that crabs, sea turtles, shrimp and other marine life ...