From Cancún to Playa del Carmen to Mahahual, an influx of sargassum seaweed has nearly 50% of Riviera Maya beaches on red alert.

As another heavy sargassum season unfolds, many beachgoers are asking the same question: Is it safe to be near it? A recent University of Miami study offers an evidence-based answer, particularly for ...

NOAA has released a new tool that can estimate how much seaweed is projected to wash up.

Excessive sargassum seaweed has caused a Miami beach to be excluded from Dr. Beach's Top 10 list. Sargassum incursions may ...

By mid-April the seaweed, which looks a lot like a watery sweet potato casserole with the brown, crusty topping, had spread ...

Researchers at three universities in Florida are exploring ways to turn the sargassum from waste into valuable food and ...

Massive mats of sargassum are washing onto South Florida beaches earlier and heavier this season, prompting FIU researchers to explore turning the seaweed into food products.

If you’ve visited the beach recently, you may have noticed massive piles of brown seaweed blanketing the shoreline. That ...

There was plenty of twisted seaweed, known as sargassum, along the shores of Broward County beaches over the holiday weekend.

Large amounts of sargassum seaweed washed onto South Florida beaches during Memorial Day weekend, creating strong odors and ...

South Florida beaches are seeing record sargassum blooms, straining cleanup budgets and threatening tourism revenue.

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 ...