Larger creatures such as fish and turtles find plenty to eat amid the sargassum, and they attract bigger predators—triggerfish, tripletails, filefish, mahi-mahis, and jacks, on up the chain of ...

A University of Miami doctoral student is investigating a potential link between sargassum compost and high arsenic levels in ...

Sargassum floats are one of the only marine habitats available for ecosystem development. They serve as a home and nursery to a huge number of fish, invertebrates, and sea creatures. A few species ...

Already this year, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ... Lab has warned 2025 is expected to be a "major sargassum year." We've gathered the latest test results and health ...

The brownish looking seaweed variety is called sargassum and is flooding the shores of South Florida this year. There aren’t many seasons in South Florida. The wet season. The dry season.

Pulling seine is a traditional way of fishing here in Mayaro, but because of all the sargassum coming in worse and worse every year, it destroying us. The thing is, ...

Sargassum floats near the water’s surface, while kelp is anchored to rocks on the ocean floor. Both of these types of algae feed and give shelter to other marine life, including fish, turtles, ...

Mexico is ramping up efforts to combat the annual sargassum seaweed invasion along the shores of major tourist destinations like Tulum, Playa del Carmen and Mahahual. As part of its Sargassum Response ...