When beachgoers say there's a brown blob of seaweed floating in the ocean, they really mean it. At least that's what a recent aerial image taken by veteran Palm Beach Post photographer Greg Lovett ...

Upwelling of deep water rich in phosphorus supports an N-fixing symbiont that lives on Sargassum algae, giving the algae a ...

Levels of floating seaweed mats have skyrocketed in the Atlantic Ocean in the past month, with the total amount breaking the record for March. The seaweed travels on ocean currents across the Atlantic ...

Smelly, brown seaweed washing up on Florida shores is snaring baby sea turtles on their way to the ocean, researchers warned this week, leaving them vulnerable to predators and putting them at risk of ...

As Big Agriculture continues to dump fertilizer and other cattle ranch runoff into the Gulf of Mexico, our aquatic systems suffer. Algal blooms wind up flourishing, killing fish and shellfish alike ...

A leatherback sea turtle hatchling climbs over sargassum on a beach. In a new study, researchers timed sea turtles to see how long it took them to reach the ocean when they had to traverse piles of ...

Every year, sea turtle hatchlings crawl across Florida’s beaches in search of the ocean. It’s a treacherous journey as it is – predators, debris, and light pollution all present roadblocks the tiny ...

Seaweed’s unique culinary properties stem from its unique biological properties. Let’s flash back to high school biology for ...

The Seaweed Speakeasy was unique in that it brought together a diverse group of people — scientists, students, artists, chefs, mixologists, performers, seaweed harvesters, donors and entrepreneurs — ...

Often used to wrap sushi and flavor soups, seaweed has much greater potential -- both as a food and for use in a wide range of products from cosmetics and textiles to biodegradable packaging and even ...

On some beaches in Florida, the "blobs" of crunchy, dry, brown stinky seaweed range. Some are fairly large When is "seaweed season?" Sargassum usually appears in Florida beaches in the spring, with a ...