Sargassum, a type of seaweed that has overwhelmed tourism hot spots in recent years, has reached record quantities in the Gulf, Caribbean and West Atlantic, according to tracking by the University of ...

I was off work last week to spend time with family at the beach. The vacation was amazing, and I was thankful to get away, but when we arrived in the Dominican Republic, we encountered something we ...

The Mexican Caribbean could be in for its worst sargassum season yet, with the Navy warning that arrivals along the Quintana Roo coast may run more than 75% above historical averages during March and ...

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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 ...

Florida's beaches are hit by smelly sargassum blooms. A new study estimates costs at $3.63 billion annually. Here's why it could get worse.

Floating seaweed can travel long distances to new territories and accumulate in large mats or wash ashore in huge quantities.

Technically, it's spring, but you may be feeling the summer vibes already. And what do Floridians, shoot, most people do when they visit the Sunshine State? They head to the beach. Before you go, you ...

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 ...

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 ...